Powered by Black World Media Network February 19, 2024 Black History Month Edition of Vantage Point On this Black History Month edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka…
Powered by Black World Media Network Powered by the Black World Media Network February 12, 2024 Black History Month Edition of Vantage Point On this Black History Month edition of…
By Julianne Malveaux — Did you know that Black History Month was once Negro History Week? The first Negro History Week was established on February 7, 1926, by Dr. Carter…
By Ben Jealous — With the start of Black History Month, I brace myself for the mis-telling of Black History yet again. In schoolhouses and everywhere the stories are told,…
While it’s widely believed that Howard University came to be known as “The Mecca” in the 1960s, new evidence shows the nickname is more than half a century older than…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this month of remembering, raising up and reflecting on our awesome making and movement through history, it is good to remind our ourselves, society…
By Julianne Malveaux — Each year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History sets a theme for Black History Month. This year the theme is Black…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In 1987, Tiamoyo and I traveled to London where on October 1st , I gave the inaugural lecture at County Hall for the establishment of…
Photos dating back to 1800s made free to allow telling of black history stories beyond enslavement and colonisation. By Aina J Khan, The Guardian — A collection of almost 30,000…
By David A. Love, Black Commentator — Now that Black History Month has ended we should remember that the war on Black history has reached new heights in America. At…
By Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos — I’ve been watching conversations on social media surrounding the need to include Caribbean History, along with Afro-Latin American history, as part of what…
By Julianne Malveaux — How should we commemorate Black History Month? Should corporations, universities, and nonprofit organizations bring in speakers, beat drums, and eat soul food? Should folks take out…