Why is Black History Month in February? The commemoration of important Black Americans and events happens largely during the ...

The origin of Black History Month in America goes back more than 100 years. Some may wonder why February, the shortest month ...

February is Black History Month, set aside to honor the history of African-Americans. February was chosen to also honor ...

Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln’s more famous Emancipation Proclamation by two years.

Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why ...

During the Black History Month ceremony, which preserved a long-standing and bipartisan White House tradition, Trump omitted ...