Black History Month traces back to 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. In that pivotal year, Carter G. Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland founded ...

Using Maya Angelou’s poems to teach Black History can have an impact on their understanding and appreciation of African American culture. Angelou’s work serves as a reminder to all future ...

The Detroit Lions and Joel Fluent Greene created a spoken word poem to honor Black History Month ... with a day of programming at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. View a recap ...

For Black History Month, Blue Peter commissioned some special poems by black spoken word artists to celebrate black history and to take action and work together to build a better future for people ...