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At 100, Black History Month Faces New Resistance — and Renewed Resolve
Centennial highlights ongoing struggles with book bans and a 2025 executive order restricting teaching on slavery and systemic racism, affecting K–12 education nationwide.
- This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the launch of Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, founder of the organization for Black history study.
- Woodson argued that he launched the week to confront the structural erasure of Black history and to expose Black children and the nation to Black history and civic life, scheduling it to align with Lincoln and Douglass birthdays.
- School districts are banning books and limiting race discussions, which critics say restricts honest teaching after President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14190 in 2020.
- Treating Black history as ancillary risks limiting its integration in schools and curricula, which experts warn makes inequality easier to justify.
- Moving forward, organizers propose year-round classroom curricula integration and emphasize community historians and storytellers using digital history and online archives for preservation.
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Why Black History Month Matters At 100 More Than Ever
Source: JDawnInk / Getty This year marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month. As we reflect on our stories, this centennial is not only a moment of celebration but a call to urgency, a reminder that protecting, preserving, and uplifting Black history matters now more than ever. Let’s take a look back at how we got here and why this year carries such deep significance. Source: Photo Researchers / Getty How did Black History Month start? …
Not Just February: Black History Is American History Every Month of the Year
(Detra Bell / Fourth Estate) What you should keep in mind year-round BY PHILIP WILKERSON, CONTRIBUTOR Every February, the United States observes Black History Month. Campuses host programs, social media fills with quotes, and classrooms revisit familiar names. These moments matter, but they are not enough. Black history is not something I celebrate for 28 days. I celebrate it every month. I often think of history as a blanket made up of multipl…
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