Celebrating 100 years of Black History Month

Celebrating Black History Month in Belleville

This February, the City of Belleville is celebrating Black History Month with a number of events and activities.

Celebrating 100 years of Black History Month

In February 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week, driven by his frustration with American textbooks that omitted Black contributions and academic institutions that ignored Black scholarship altogether.  Woodson, the second African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, understood that history was being weaponized through omission. One hundred years later, the observance Woodson founded has grown into Black History M…

City of Belleville celebrating Black History Month with events and activities in Feb

This February, the City of Belleville is celebrating Black History Month with a number of events and activities. Belleville Public Library will host guest speaker Nikki Clarke on Feb. 28 from 2 to 3 p.m., who will speak about the stories of early Black settlers, family legacies, and the region’s connections to freedom-seeking routes and community building, during her special presentation, Black Roots in Belleville and the Quinte Region: Why Blac…