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Black WikiHistory Month is a wiki-coordinated program of article writing, image/picture creating, events and edit-a-thons focused on Black history in the United States and worldwide, working with WikiProject African diaspora and related projects.
Throughout the month of February, Black History Month is recognized annually in the United States. According to the Smithsonian Institution, the 2024 Black History Month theme is "African ...
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] [5] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [6]
This year's Black History Month has the theme "African Americans and the Arts." The ASALH shares , "African American art is infused with African, Caribbean, and the Black American lived experiences.
Abbott laid the foundation for what would eventually birth many Black publications, including Ebony, Jet, Essence, Black Enterprise, Right On!, Sheen Magazine and more.In 1905, Abbott founded the ...
In 1977, Piper Dellums is a Black girl who lives in Washington, D.C. with her father, Congressman Ron Dellums, an outspoken opponent of the South African apartheid system, her mother Roscoe Dellums, and two younger twin brothers, Brandon and Erik. Piper, who has been taking an interest in the different nations of Africa, begs her parents to ...
Charles Hicks, nicknamed “Mr. Black History’’ in Washington, D.C, remembered attending a Black History Month event in 2016 at the Department of Justice where his longtime friend, the late ...
Black History Month: Black Students Union: 1970: February in the United States and Canada, October in the United Kingdom and Ireland June: African-American Music Appreciation Month: 1979: December 26 to January 1: Kwanzaa: 1966