Black History Month

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  2/28/2020
  

  Website Aims to Highlight Hidden Figures in Black History

  Historian Matthew Delmont's website Black Quotidian features profiles of hundreds of African Americans taken from black newspapers mostly between the 1900s and the 1980s.

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• SOURCE: Oxford University Press Blog
  2/19/20
  

  Nine books to read for Black History Month

  It is impossible to fully grasp American history without black history.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  2/18/20
  

  Six historians weigh in on the biggest misconceptions about black history

  Featuring Shennette Garrett-Scott, LaGarrett King, Sowande Mustakeem, Douglas J. Flowe, Jason Allen, and Dale Allender. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/19/29
  

  Seeing Black History in Context

  by Erin Aubry Kaplan

  It’s the perfect time to get real about America’s shortcomings.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  2/8/20
  

  These 19 black women fought for voting rights

  by Nsenga K. Burton

  Featuring historians Jennifer D. Williams, Michelle Duster

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• SOURCE: ABC News
  2/8/20
  

  Carter G. Woodson and the History of Black History Month

  Since Woodson's death in 1950, the organization that he founded, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History -- now called the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) -- has fought to keep his legacy alive.

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• SOURCE: The Dialog
  2/2/20
  

  Black History Month has a little known Catholic history as well

  by Shannen Dee Williams

  In 1949, famed Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes celebrated Negro History Week (the precursor to Black History Month) with members of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and their students at the all black and Catholic St. Alphonsus School.

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• SOURCE: Time
  1/31/20
  

  6 Films to Watch for Black History Month, Recommended by an Expert

  They comprise fictional features, documentary films and even one “home movie,” and together tell an important story.

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• SOURCE: Time
  1/31/20
  

  How Black Lives Matter Is Changing What Students Learn During Black History Month

  What started locally in Seattle in 2016, inspired by a federal investigation into the higher rate of suspensions of black students compared to their white peers, has grown into a nationwide organizing effort.

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• SOURCE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  2/1/20
  

  The challenge of teaching black history: sifting truth, myth, bias

  Featuring Morehouse College history professor Frederick Knight. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/31/19
  

  To recognize Black History Month, GOP lawmaker proposes a list of mostly white people

  Several black legislators have called the effort disingenuous and said it undermines the purpose of Black History Month: to highlight the accomplishments of African Americans so often overlooked in classrooms and history books.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  2/26/19
  

  Beyond Slavery and the Civil Rights Movement: Teachers Should Be Integrating Black History Into Their Lessons

  by Melinda D. Anderson

  According to experts, teaching an accurate and thorough version of history is essential to breaking down stereotypes and misconceptions. Yet much of what students learn about black people’s distinct American story is hit-or-miss.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/21/19
  

  ‘Slavery is not a game’: Virginia school apologizes over Black History Month exercise

  “It’s unacceptable, and it undermines the community and the education that our children receive.”

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  2/20/19
  

  Rethinking Black History Month in Germany

  by Tiffany Florvil

  This year will mark the 30th anniversary of the annual Black History Month celebrations in Berlin, which became a fixture in the Black German community. 

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  2/18/19
  

  Barack Obama Shares His Recommended Reading For Black History Month

  The books, letters and articles Obama shared were meant to provide “some essential context about the challenges that many people of color face every day,” he wrote on Facebook.

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• SOURCE: Daily Beast
  2/18/19
  

  Why Are We Still Segregating Black History in February?

  by Christina Proenza-Coles

  Even before the U.S. was a nation, African-Americans played crucial roles in nearly every stage of history in the new world. ‘Honoring’ that history in one month is a travesty.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  2/15/19
  

  A Look at African-American History, Through the Numbers

  In recognition of Black History Month, here are a few facts and figures about the African-American experience in the U.S.

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• SOURCE: Diverse Education
  2/17/19
  

  ASALH Black History Celebration Highlights Black Migration

  The event included a panel with Jelani Cobb, Derek Musgrove, and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, among others. 

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• Meet Annie Turnbo Malone, the hair care entrepreneur Trump shouted out in his Black History Month proclamation

  She became a millionaire after giving Madam C.J. Walker her big break as a sales agent.

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• SOURCE: Full Front with Samatha Bee
  2/6/19
  

  Video of the Week: "Real Black History"

  Professors Jelani Cobb, Jamilah Lemieux, Mychal Denzel Smith, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, George Wallace, and Walter Naegle are here to remind you that Black History is American History and it doesn't fit in one tweet.