Black History Month on BlackPast.org •

Every month is “Black History Month” here at BlackPast.org. Nonetheless we recognize that hundreds of thousands of our visitors specifically seek out the website for information on African American history during the month of February. We have gathered much of that data that may be helpful for teachers, students, and the general public who want to participate in the various celebrations or commemorations or who simply want to use that time to reflect on the history of black people. Those resources appear below:

Creating Black History Month

The History of Black History Month by Daryl Michael Scott, President, The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Department Chair, History, Howard University

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History: A Brief History by Malik Simba, California State University, Fresno

Journal of Negro History by Otis Alexander, St. John Vianney College Seminary & Graduate School

Dr. Carter G. Woodson by Pero Gaglo Dagbovie, Michigan State University

Video of the Life of Carter G. Woodson by the University of Virginia

Celebrate the Triumph of Ordinary Black Americans by John H. McWorter, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for PolicyResearch

Major Books on Black History Month

Jacqueline Ann Goggin, Carter G. Woodson: A Life in Black History (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993)

Lorenzo J. Greene and Arvarh E. Strickland, Working with Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History, A Diary, 1928-1930 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989)

Pero Gaglo Dagbovie, The Early Black History Movement: Carter G. Woodson and Lorenzo Johnston Greene (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007)

Other Pioneers in African American History

Dr. John Hope Franklin

Dr. Lorenzo Greene

Sara Jackson

William C. Nell

Dorothy Porter Wesley

George Washington Williams

The Best Black History Month Resources (Other Than BlackPast.org)

This section list other great resources available for Black History Month including the various planned celebrations for 2014. We at BlackPast.org admit that this list is incomplete and will continue to grow over time. If you know of other resources please send the to us and the BlackPast.org staff will review them, and if appropriate, add them to the list. If you are interested in adding to the list below please contact [email protected].

GENERAL RESOURCES

African American History Month

Association for the Study of African American Life and History

Black History Month on Pinterest

Black History Month on the History Channel

African American History at the Library of Congress

Teacher Vision.com

National Visionary Leadership Project

A&E Biography.com–Celebrate Black History Month

Black History Month for Early Readers

United Church of Christ Black History Month Resources

Poems to Celebrate Black History Month from the Poetry Foundation