As a new generation is discovering Elizabeth Catlett's work, Ron Rumford hopes that her message of empowerment is instilled ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

This year's Black History Month theme celebrates the role of Black labor in building the nation through industry or community ...

Myths around Black History Month continue, Whitehead said, including the idea that the U.S. government purposely chose the shortest month of the year. In reality, Woodson chose February because two ...

Scripps News Group Reporter Michael Paluska sat down with two Black photographers in Florida, who both use their images to ...

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has named the theme for this Black History Month.

During the early development of television, and long before the Civil Rights Movement began in the 1950s, Black entertainers ...

Words are just part of telling a great story. In the 10 years that we have put out The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black History Month series, we also paid close attention to how we told these ...

Black History Month wasn't always a month-long celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach ...

it is for all people. "If you're in an environment and everybody in the environment is white, you need Black History Month more than ever because you need to understand that the world, even though ...