The Defense Intelligence Agency has paused activities and events related to Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth and other "special observances" to comply with executive orders ...

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 ...

The Trump White House has issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense ...

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

Here's everything to know about Black History Month, including when it is, where it was first celebrated and this year's ...

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