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

Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of ...

New defense secretary Pete Hegseth has canceled all cultural awareness months in the Department of Defense, including Black History Month.

Woodson died of a heart attack at the age ... the Fourth of July," Scott said. "Black History Month, too, is a powerful symbolic celebration. And symbols always stand for something bigger ...