Black History Month goes back nearly 100 years, and is celebrated in February in New Jersey with various events.

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

Black History Month is a time to honor Black Americans achievements. Here are some of the most influential Black Oklahomans to learn about this month.

Malcolm X’s ideas had a big influence on the Black Power movement, which was a civil rights protest movement that began in the later 1960s. Its members believed in racial pride and social equality.

However, the effort to make it a monthlong celebration sprung from the Black Power movement on college campuses in the 1960s. In 1970, the first observance of Black History Month took place at ...