Black History Month has a lengthy history that dates back more than a century. According to History.com, historian Carter G. Woodson and minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the ...

Known as the “Father of Black History,” Woodson’s remarkable contributions to Black history continue to inform and inspire generations of scholars and students. On what would’ve been his 149th ...

Dec. 19 marked the 149th birthday of Dr. Carter G. Woodson. In celebration, the National Park Service (NPS) hosted a birthday celebration on Dec. 14 at Dunbar High School located at 101 N Street ...

President Jimmy Carter honored and recognized Black musicians by creating Black Music Month in June -- also known as African ...

A decade later, Woodson would go on to establish Negro History Week, which eventually evolved into today’s Black History Month. Woodson wanted to integrate Black history into standard American ...

Carter’s interest in investing in Black neighborhoods emerged from his ... “The chemistry was never there,” said Eizenstat, who wrote a history of the administration, “President Carter ...

President Carter leaves behind a solid record of advancing progress for Black Americans ... and the rest is history, as they say,” said Herman. She continued, “I had the opportunity to ...

The Las Vegas Raiders have signed former Army West Point Black Knights defensive end Andre Carter II to their ... conference title in school history earlier this month, as the Black Knights ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link ... Elwood Watson is a professor of history, Black studies, and gender and sexuality studies at East Tennessee State ...

In the case of Jimmy Carter, it goes like this ... Politics is a zero-sum profession, its score-keeping writ in black and white. Either you win or you lose. “If you’re president and you ...

The Carters, who were close partners in public life, had been married for more than 77 years, the longest presidential marriage in U.S. history ... Carter’s efforts resulted in a four-month ...