Black History Month

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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.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/12/19
  

  Wisconsin GOP erases Colin Kaepernick from Black History Month Resolution

  Wisconsin Republicans tried to bring their resolution excluding Kaepernick to the floor but fell short of the two-thirds majority they needed after all the chamber’s Democrats voted against the move.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2/9/19
  

  Why this year's Black History Month is pivotal

  by Peniel Joseph

  In 2019, slavery's aftermath hovers over contemporary American race relations in deep and profoundly disturbing ways.

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• SOURCE: New York Magazine
  2/9/19
  

  How NYU and Food-Service Giant Aramark Stumbled Into a Black History Month PR Fiasco

  Last February, a rather intense controversy erupted at New York University over the menu offered by one dining hall as part of a Black History Month celebration.

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• SOURCE: Time
  1/31/19
  

  Burins R. Morris on what Carter G. Woodson would want Americans to do for Black History Month

  The official theme of Black History Month 2019, “Black Migrations,” is a fitting one: not only is migration one of today’s most pressing political issues, but it’s also a key part of the annual observance’s own history.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/1/19
  

  How the founder of Black History Month rebutted white racism in a forgotten manuscript

  Carter G. Woodson’s unpublished work was discovered in 2005 by a Howard University history professor.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10-2-18
  

  'Cyber-racism': UK Black History Month website attacked

  The UK Black History Month website has been brought down by hackers for a second time in 24 hours in what its editors believe to be a case of “cyber-racism.”

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  9-30-18
  

  UK Councils condemned for 'shameful' rebranding of Black History Month

  Appropriation row comes as councils scrap the Black History Month name in favor of celebrations of all different ethnicities.

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• SOURCE: State of American History, Politics, and Civics (blog)
  4/11/18
  

  Is it ok for a professor to use the word "Negro" when discussing black history in the 1960s?

  by Peter Feinman

  A student at Columbia answered that it's wrong.

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• SOURCE: Atlantic
  3/9/18 (date accessed)
  

  The Whitewashing of King’s Assassination

  by Vann R. Newkirk II

  The death of Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t a galvanizing event, but the premature end of a movement that had only just begun.

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• SOURCE: ABC News
  2-22-18 (accessed)
  

  Video of the Week: “I am a Slave”

  A video from the TV show, "black-ish” celebrating Juneteenth, the day former slaves chose to celebrate the end of slavery.