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Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, gives tje keynote address on Feb. 12 for the 41st annual Black History Month breakfast program hosted by Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland).

William J. Ford

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett Participates in Black History Month Program

by William J. Ford February 16, 2022February 16, 2022

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett summarized her work in developing a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine which produced at least 94% efficacy and has saved millions of lives.

Arthur Ashe won Wimbledon in 1975. The life of the tennis legend is depicted in the documentary "Citizen Ashe," now in theaters and airing on CNN and HBO Max. (Courtesy photo)

Black Athletes Who Paved the Way and Opened Doors

by Ed Hill February 16, 2022February 16, 2022

Supreme Court

Op-Ed

JEALOUS: How History Will Be Made Again — Black History Month and the Supreme Court

by Ben Jealous February 9, 2022February 10, 2022

This photo of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was taken during a press conference in November 1964. (Dick DeMarsico/NYWTS/CC)

JESSE JACKSON: At Black History Month 2022, The Work of Dr. King is Still Not Done

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. February 9, 2022February 10, 2022

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Three Digital Archives You Should Know This Black History Month

by WI Web Editor February 9, 2022February 10, 2022

Carter G. Woodson

The Cradle of Man

by Earnest E. Lacey February 9, 2022February 10, 2022

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and made over 70 documented rescues from Maryland, including her family. She became an abolitionist, civil war spy and suffragist. This mural called the Wall of Tubman depicts stages of her life as a slave to a free woman. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Editor's Column

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Black History — An Epic Saga Whose Truth Remains Untold

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor February 2, 2022February 2, 2022

Carter G. Woodson

EDITORIAL: How Will They Know Black History?

by WI Editorial Staff February 2, 2022February 2, 2022

**FILE** Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. In the front row, from left are: Whitney M. Young, Jr., Executive Director of the National Urban League; Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American Federation of Labor (AFL), and a former vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Walter P. Reuther, President, United Auto Workers Union; and Arnold Aronson, Secretary of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)

STEM Coalition Celebrates Black History Month by Honoring Leaders

by WI Web Staff February 1, 2022February 1, 2022

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience

NNPA’s Chavis to Keynote Kickoff of D.C.’s Black History Month Celebration

by WI Web Staff January 28, 2022January 28, 2022