During Black History Month, America loves to celebrate a safe, sanitized version of Blackness that is disconnected from the radical movements that have shaped this country. It is a time of corporate ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Construction workers dismantle the Black Lives Matter plaza near the White House on March 10, 2025. I grew up in a home surrounded by American history books and parents keen on teaching me Black ...

In Black Arms to Hold You Up, the Ignatz Award winner sends his cartoon avatar time traveling through Black history. My first introduction to the Black radical tradition and Black history—outside of ...

CHECK. TELL THEM YOU MEAN BUSINESS. EACH DAY DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING IMPORTANT PEOPLE, CONTRIBUTIONS AND MOMENTS IN BLACK HISTORY. FEBRUARY 28TH, 1932, THE DAY INVENTOR RICHARD ...

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation mark the start of Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the observance dates ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simone E. Morris reports on inclusive leadership for the workplace. Black History Month (BHM) is necessary to amplify and elevate ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A few weeks later, Trump hosted a Black History Month reception at the White House.

February 24, 2022 • It may seem bleak, but Robin D.G Kelley's view of the world says there is no promise of liberation, only struggle. Kelley has spent his career bringing to life the stories of the ...

Across the country, there are ongoing controversies over how and if Black history should be taught in classrooms. Protests have ensued after a Missouri based school board dropped elective Black ...