Groups celebrating Black History Month are including this year’s theme of African Americans and Labor as part of their ...

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

Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created ...

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Celebrate Black History Month with Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcasts. The 2025 theme is "African Americans and Labor" with a focus on the various and profound ways that work of ...