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Carter G. Woodson

EDITORIAL: How Will They Know Black History?

by WI Editorial Staff February 2, 2022February 2, 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

**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

Courtesy of the Washington Wizards via Twitter

Washington Wizards to Honor Trailblazers During Black History Month

by WI Web Staff January 27, 2022January 27, 2022

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

African American Museum Unveils Black History Month Programs

by WI Web Staff January 25, 2022March 7, 2024

Carter G. Woodson

WOMACK: Celebrating Black History Beyond February

by WI Guest Author April 23, 2021December 21, 2021

Black Experience

Amber Pickens Colors Success and Black History in Different Ways

by Stacy M. Brown February 24, 2021December 21, 2021

Remembering a Forgotten World War II Hero

by Stacy M. Brown February 23, 2021December 21, 2021

Alethia Tanner Sold Vegetables to Buy Her Freedom in 19th-Century America

by Stacy M. Brown February 17, 2021December 21, 2021