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Created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson. The month of February was chosen, because of Abraham Lincoln and  Fredrick Douglass's birthdays. Hiram Revels was the first African American U.S. Senetor

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She was born into slavery but later escaped. She played a major role in the civil war by helping recrute African American Soilders. She became a prominant abolitionist and activist.

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He was born 5 years after the civil war ended. In 1905 Robert Abbott created "The Chicago Defender." He was one of the first African American self-made millionare

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She was known as the "Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement." She worked with the YWCA and helped with a lawsuit by the NAACP. She taught throughout South Carolina, Columbia, and Charleston 57.

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He was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. He was a freedom rider and spoke and in 1963 he spoke at the March on Washington. The demonstration he led that was known as "Bloody Sunday."

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Nat Turner died on November 11, 1831. He was killed because he tried "conspiring to rebel and making insurrection." He was hung, beheaded, skinned, then chopped up, and his body parts were scattered.

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The 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United States, states that no slave or invlountary servitude shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to its jurisdiction, except as punishment for a crime when the person has been properly convicted

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The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

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The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

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The book follows a boy after is mothers has passed away. He starts wearing a black suit everyday since his mother passed and his friend has been wondering why he is wearing a balck suit. He ended up getting a job at a local funeral home for a man named Mr. Willie Ray. After his mother died he realized that he needed to grow up quicker than he intended.

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Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, GA. He was the first African American to play Major League Baseball at the age of 28 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. He was married to Rachel Robinson with there three kids, Sharon Robinson, Jackie Robinson Jr. who passed at the age of 24 in a car accident, and David Robinson. Jackie Robinson died at the age of 53 from a heart attack.

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Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born on June 23, 1940 in St. Belthehem, TN. She was the first American to win three gold medals in the track and field competition at the age of 20. She was married to Robert Eldridge with her four kids Xurry Eldridge, Djuanna Eldridge, Robert Eldridge Jr., and Yolanda Eldridge. Wilma Rudolph died at the age of 54 from a brain tumor

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Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin.

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Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin.

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Claudette Colvin was born on September 5, 1939 in Montgomery, AL. She was the first African American to refuse to give up her seat on a segregated bus. She became a civil rights activist at the age of 15. After she refused to give up her seat she was arrested and became one of four plantiffs in Browder v. Gayle which ruled that Montgomery's segregated bus system was unconstitutional.

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Louis Daniel Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, LA. When he was younger, he lived in a neighborhood that was so danger it was called "The Battlefield." In 1912 he was arrested on New Years Eve and sent to the "Colored Waif's Home for Boys." He was released in 1914 and had his sight set on becoming a professional musician. He released his first album "Satchmo at Pasandena" in 1951. One of his most famous songs "What a Wonderful World" was released January 1, 1968. Louis Armstrong died on July 6, 1971 at the age of 70 from a Heart Attack.

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The Civil Rights Moverment took place furing the 1950s and 1960s. The movement officially ended slavery but it didn't stop discrimination against blacks. The effects of racism have continued to persist, particularly in the South. By the mid-20th century, African Americans had racism and abuse against them in more than enough way. They mobilized along with many whites and began an unprecedented struggle for equality that spanned two decades.

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The Harlem Renaissance lasted between the 1910s through the mid-1930s which is the time period considered the Golden Age in African American culture manifesting in literature, music, stage performances, and art.

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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7, 1917 in Topeka Kansas. She was the first African American to recieve the Pulitzer Prize on May 1, 1950 at the age of 33. Gwendolyn was married to Henry Blakely for 57 with there 2 childern Nora Blakely and Lowington Blakely III before they got a divorce. One of her most famous poems is "We Real Cool" which was released in 1960. Gwendolyn Brooks died at the age of 83 from Cancer.

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It was a group of volunteer organizations mobilized during the American Civil War. Its members were known for their bravery against the Confederates and their fierce fighting. Abraham Lincoln said they were not fighting to end slavery but to prevent the United States from disintegrating. Nevertheless, the abolitionists thought the termination of slavery was the reason for the war. We argued that blacks should be able to join the fight for their freedom.

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The headwrap originated in sub-Saharan Africa, serving similar functions for women from both Africa and Africa. In style the headwrap of the African American woman displays the features of sub-Saharan aesthetics and worldview. However, in the United States the headwrap on the ancestral continent acquired a paradox of meaning that was not customary. White superlords imposed their wear during slavery, white overlords imposed its wear as a badge of enslavement.

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The African-Americans have been serving since colonial days in military conflicts. The Buffalo soldiers, however, were the first to serve during peacetime, composed of former slaves, freemen, and Black Civil War soldiers. The US Military, like so much of the country, was segregated during World War II. Jim Crow Laws prohibited blacks from entering public places including libraries, restaurants, and film theaters. Although African Americans served in the armed forces, the types of jobs and positions that they could hold were restricted. Public Law 18 was passed on 3 April 1939 that provided for an expansion.

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Proverbs are part and parcel of African culture. For centuries, passed from generation to generation, they are still in widespread use today, and are a major part of everyday speech. Proverbs are used to illustrate ideas, reinforce arguments and deliver messages of inspiration, consolation, celebration and advice. The great Nigerian author Chinua Achebe once wrote: "Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten."

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Ossie Davis (Raiford Chatman Davis) was born on December 18, 1917 to Laura and Kince Charles Davis in Clinch County, GA. Davis experienced racism from an early age when the KKK threated to shoot his father, whos job they felt was to advanced for a black man to have. He attended Howard University but later dropped out in 1939 to start acting. Davis served in WWII in the United States Army in the Medical Corps. His first acting job was in 1950 in the Sidney Poitier film "No Way Out." He married Ruby Dee on December 9, 1948. They had 3 children Guy Davis, Hasna Muhammad Davis, and Nora Davis. Ossie Davis died at the age of 88 on February 4, 2005 in a Miami hotel room. His official cause of death was never released but he was known to have heart problems.

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Ruby Ann Dee was born on October 27, 1922 in Cleveland, OH to Gladys and Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace. She was raised in Harlem, New York and graduated from Hunter College with a degree in Romance languages in 1945. Her first onscreen role was in "That Man of Mine" in 1946. She got national recognition for her role in the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." She married Ossie Davis on December 9, 1948. They had three children Guy Davis, Hasna Muhammad Davis, and Nora Davis. She was a breast cancer surivor for more than three decades. Ruby Dee died on June 11, 2014 at her home in New Rochelle, New York from natural causes.

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Hiram Rhodes Revels was born on September 27, 1827 in Fayetteville, NC. He was a Republican U.S. Senator, he was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. He was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress when he was elected to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871. Revels also helped organize two U.S. Colored Troops regiments during the American Civil War, and served as a chaplain. He married Phoebe Bass in the early 1850s and they had 2 daughters Susan Revels and Susie Revels Cayton. Hiram Rhodes Revels died on January 16, 1901at the age of 74 from a stroke in Aberdeen, MS.

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During the Civil Rights Movement in the South, some schools incorporated Black history into the curriculum with the hopes of advancing social change

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Kehinde Wiley was born on February 28, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA. One of his most famous paintings is when he painted former president Barack Obama in 2017 for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery which has portraits for all U.S. presidents. His portrait of Obama was reveiled in 2018 and it was revealed with Michelle Obamas portrait by Amy Sherald. They are the first black artist to paint official portraits of the president or First Lady for the National Portrait Gallery.

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Reginald Lewis was born on December 7, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was one of the richest African American men in the 1980s and the first African American to build a billion-dollar company, TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc. In 1993 Forbes listed Lewis among the 400 richest Americans with a net worth of around $400 million. He was recruited to top New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. His first major deal was for the purchase of McCall Pattern Company for $22.5 million. He was married to Loida Nicolas-Lewis and they had two daughters Leslie and Christina Lewis. Reginald Lewis died January 19, 1993 at the age of 50 in New York. A year after his death his wife Loida took over the company.

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Sarah Goode became the first black woman to receive a US in 1885. Patent issued. Born into slavery in 1850 Goode moved to Chicago and opened a furniture store after the Civil War. It was there that she had come up with an idea that would bring in her store more urban residents with limited space. She invented a bed with a folding cabinet. The piece of furniture could be used as a desk by day but it could be folded out into a bed at night. Goode got her patent 30 years before the development of the Murphy bed, a hideaway bed which folds into a wall, was created

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The college is part of the academic consortium Atlanta University Center. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman received its college charter in 1924, making it the oldest private college for women of historically black liberal arts in the USA.

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As one of the most prominent concentrations of African-American businesses in the United States during the early 20th century, it was popularly known as America's "Black Wall Street" until the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, in which white residents massacred as many as 300 black residents, injuring hundreds more, and within hours the neighborhood was razed

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The movie Selma was directed by Ava DuVernay and released December 25, 2014. The movie is about the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It follows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers and there march from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL, and how there actions resulted in President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Prince Hall Freemasonry was the first historically documented Black Fraternal Organization. Prince Hall Freemasonry is a branch of North American Freemasonry for African Americans created on September 29, 1784 by Prince Hall. Prince Hall Freemasonry has two main branches: the independent State Prince Hall Grand Lodges, most of which are recognized by Regular Masonic jurisdictions, and the ones under the jurisdiction of the National Grand Lodge.

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Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry (May 30, 1902-November 19, 1985), best known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit, was a Jamaican and Bahamian descent American vaudevillian, comedian, and film star, considered to be the first black actor to have a successful film career. His highest profile was in films and on stage during the 1930s, when Stepin Fetchit's reputation was billed as "the world's Laziest Man." In a prosperous film career, Perry referred about the Fetchit character, becoming the first black actor about earn a million dollars. He became the first black actor in a movie to earn featured screen credit, too. The film career of Perry slowed after 1939 and almost ended In everything, after 1953. Black Americans started to see his Stepin Fetchit character as an awkward and dangerous anachronism, reinforcing negative perceptions at the time. In recent times, however, the character of Stepin Fetchit has been re-evaluated by some scholars who see it as an embodiment of the trickster archetype

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The Temptations is an American vocal group that released a series of successful singles and albums during the 1960s and 1970s with Motown Records. Working with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 10 hit single "Cloud Nine" in October 1968, the group pioneered psychedelic jazz, and was influential in the development of R&B and soul music. The members of the band are known for their choreography, distinctive harmonies and style of dress. The Temptations, having sold tens of millions of albums, are among the most successful folk music groups. The members are

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Bel-Air's Fresh Prince is an American sitcom television series produced by Quincy Jones, Andy and Susan Borowitz, which was originally broadcast on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The series stars Will Smith as a fictional version of himself, a street-smart boy from West Philadelphia who is forced to move into their Bel Air mansion with his rich uncle and aunt after getting into a fight in his hometown. His lifestyle in the show frequently contrasts with the lifestyle of his Bel Air relatives. The show broadcast 148 episodes and ran for six seasons. The theme song and opening sequence set the show's premise. Will Smith is a street-smart boy,' born and raised' in West Philadelphia. When playing street basketball, Will misses a shot, and the ball hits a group of gang members, triggering a brawl that scares his mother, who sends him to stay with his wealthy aunt and uncle in Bel Air, Los Angeles ' opulent neighborhood.