It’s changed names and format several times since 1924, but February is the month when schools, cultural institutions and the general public celebrate the African-Americans whose stories have often been left out of official history books.
The celebration of black history is credited to an African-American historian who helped found the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915. It launched the Negro History and Literature Week in 1924, and by the late 1960s the week had turned into a month.
