The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at ...

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Work by more than 20 artists will soon be on display at two Lancaster exhibits commemorating Black History Month.

HCC Galleries' one-day art festival "Now on View" returns to Ybor City in February, while events across the Tampa Bay area ...

Gerald Norwood is a Wichita collector of "African Americana" — letters, legal papers and other artifacts of the black ...

Raise a glass to Black History Month at Metrobar’s Cheers and Beers tasting. The Black Brew Movement and DC Beer collaboration serves pours of 12 different beers from local Black brewers inside ...

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Historian and author Carter G. Woodson is remembered as the “Father of Black History.” Read about his education, books, idea ...

That has long proved a challenge to historians of the Black experience. Carter G. Woodson worked to change that. Best known as the Father of Black History Month for having created the predecessor ...