Black History Month

Philadelphia continues long history of Black-led protest meetings aimed at fighting racial inequity and prejudice

Courier Newsroom - March 2, 2025

Philadelphians attend a meeting at Germantown’s Center in the Park on Feb. 25, 2025, to strategize a new Black agenda. Linn Washington Jr. ,...

Celebrate Black History Month in Griffin, Georgia: Events and Year-Round Heritage Highlights

Atlanta Daily World - February 14, 2025

This February, Griffin invites you to honor Black History Month with a lineup of enriching events and opportunities to explore the city’s rich African American...

This Week In Black History Feb. 5-12, 2025

Courier Newsroom - February 6, 2025

February 5 1866—Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, one of the great White heroes of Black history, offers his famous amendment to the Freedman’s Bureau bill to...

This Week In Black History February 28-March 5, 2024

Site Editor - February 28, 2024

GARRETT A. MORGAN FEBRUARY 28 1708—One of the first recorded slave revolts in American history takes place on Newton, Long Island (New York). Seven Whites...

This Week In Black History February 21-27, 2024

Courier Newsroom - February 21, 2024

FEBRUARY 21 1933—Song stylist and activist Nina Simone is born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, N.C. She was a child prodigy who was playing the...

This Week in Black History February 14-20, 2024

Courier Newsroom - February 14, 2024

MARIAN ANDERSON FEBRUARY 14 1760—The great religious leader Richard Allen is born in slavery in Philadelphia. After being required to sit in the back of...

Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place

The Conversation - February 10, 2024

by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Penn State and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became...

This Week In Black History March 1 – 7, 2023

Site Editor - March 2, 2023

March 1 1739—The British government is forced to sign a peace treaty with the Jamaican Maroons. The Maroons were escaped slaves or, to put...

This Week In Black History February 22 – February 28, 2023

Courier Newsroom - February 22, 2023

February 22 1950—Basketball legend Julius “Dr. J” Erving is born in Roosevelt, N.Y. He was the most dominant NBA player of his era. The...

This Week In Black History February 8 – 14, 2023

Courier Newsroom - February 9, 2023

In this August 1922 file photo, Marcus Garvey is shown in a military uniform as the "Provisional President of Africa" during a parade on...

Black Information Network Radio - Atlanta