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Black History Month

By: History.com Editors

Updated: January 29, 2024 | Original: January 14, 2010

Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Also known as African American History Month, the event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history.

Origins of Black History Month

The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other peoples of African descent.

Known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the group sponsored a national Negro History week in 1926, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass . The event inspired schools and communities nationwide to organize local celebrations, establish history clubs and host performances and lectures.

In the decades that followed, mayors of cities across the country began issuing yearly proclamations recognizing "Negro History Week." By the late 1960s, thanks in part to the civil rights movement and a growing awareness of Black identity, "Negro History Week" had evolved into Black History Month on many college campuses.

President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling upon the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”

Today, Black History Month is a time to honor the contributions and legacy of African Americans across U.S. history and society—from activists and civil rights pioneers such as Harriet Tubman , Sojourner Truth ,  Marcus Garvey ,  Martin Luther King Jr. ,  Malcolm X and Rosa Parks to leaders in industry, politics, science, culture and more. 

Did you know? The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909, the centennial anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

Black History Month 2024 Theme

Since 1976, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific theme.

The Black History Month 2024 theme, “ African Americans and the Arts ,” explores the key influence African Americans have had in the fields of "visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and other forms of cultural expression."

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Celebrating Black History With The New York Times

Recent and archival articles, essays, photographs, videos, infographics, writing prompts, lesson plans and more.

By The Learning Network

Below, a collection of Times articles, essays, photographs, videos, infographics and more that can help bring the wealth of Black history and culture into your classroom.

We begin with links to historic Times front pages, from the Dred Scott decision of 1857 through the civil rights movement and on to the election of Kamala Harris, the first woman of color to be elected vice president of the United States, and the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. Below that, you’ll find a selection of more recent pieces from across Times sections on Black history and contemporary culture, including a section featuring the “Black History, Continued” series and “The 1619 Project.” Finally, we list some of our own recent related Learning Network lesson plans and writing prompts in the hopes that they inspire further reading, writing and discussion.

Our list is long, yes, but we also know it’s not nearly complete. Are there important pieces about Black history that you teach with? Please let us know in the comments.

Here’s what you'll find below:

Historic headlines, special new york times projects, selected recent reporting and multimedia, learning network lessons, writing prompts and films.

Archival articles that document key moments in Black history, and give us a glimpse into the time period in which they unfolded.

Historic Front Pages

Selected front pages and articles from The Learning Network’s “ On This Day ” feature which ran from 1999 to 2014. Please note that historic front pages published after that include a link to the front page and the original digital article.

1857 | Decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case

1863 | President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

1947 | Dodgers Purchase Robinson, First Negro in Modern Major League Baseball

1954 | High Court Bans School Segregation; 9-to-0 Decision Grants Time to Comply

1956 | High Court Rules Bus Segregation Unconstitutional

1957 | Arkansas Troops Bar Negro Pupils; Governor Defiant

1957 | President Sends Troops to Little Rock, Federalizes Arkansas National Guard; Tells Nation He Acted to Avoid An Anarchy

1957 | Miss Gibson Wimbledon Victor

1960 | Negro Sitdowns Stir Fear Of Wider Unrest in South

1961 | 400 U.S. Marshals Sent to Alabama as Montgomery Bus Riots Hurt 20; President Bids State Keep Order

1963 | Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls In Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain

1963 | Mississippi Gives Meredith Degree

1963 | 200,000 March for Civil Rights in Orderly Washington Rally

1964 | 3 In Rights Drive Reported Missing

1964 | Civil Rights Bill Passed, 73-27; Johnson Urges All To Comply; Dirksen Berates Goldwater

1964 | Martin Luther King Wins The Nobel Prize for Peace

1965 | New Negro Riots Erupt on Coast; 3 Reported Shot

1965 | The Big Parade: On the Way to Montgomery

1965 | 25,000 Go to Alabama’s Capitol

1965 | Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here

1967 | President Sees Marshall Take Supreme Court Seat

1968 | Martin Luther King is Slain in Memphis

1968 | 2 Black Power Advocates Ousted From Olympics

1971 | Supreme Court, 9-0, Backs Busing to Combat South’s Dual Schools, Rejecting Administration Stand

1975 | Ashe Triumphs at Wimbledon

1991 | Police Brutality Under Wide Review by Justice Dept.

1992 | Los Angeles Policemen Acquitted In Taped Beating

2008 | Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls

2013 | Prayer, Anger and Protests Greet Verdict in Florida Case ( Article )

2014 | Protests in Ferguson, Mo. ( Article )

2015 | Races Unite for Nine Killed by Gunman at Black Church ( Article )

2020 | Two Crises Convulse a Nation: A Pandemic and Police Violence ( Article )

2020 | Kamala Harris Makes History as First Woman and Woman of Color as Vice President ( Article )

2022 | Jackson Confirmed as First Black Woman to Sit on Supreme Court ( Article )

From Our Historic Headlines Collection

Selected articles from The Learning Network’s 2011 “ Historic Headlines ” collection that connects famous historical events to recent news.

Jan. 13, 1990 | L. Douglas Wilder Becomes First Elected Black Governor in U.S.

Feb. 1, 1960 | Black Students and the Greensboro Sit-In

Feb. 21, 1965 | Malcolm X Is Assassinated by Black Muslims

Feb. 29, 1968 | Kerner Commission Reports on U.S. Racial Inequality

March 6, 1857 | Supreme Court Issues Dred Scott Decision

March 7, 1965 | Civil Rights Marchers Attacked in Selma

March 15, 1965 | President Johnson Calls for Passage of Voting Rights Act

April 4, 1968 | The Assassination of Martin Luther King

April 20, 1971 | Supreme Court Rules That Busing Can Be Used to Integrate Schools

May 17, 1954 | Supreme Court Declares School Segregation Unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education

May 1, 1992 | Rodney King Asks, ‘Can We All Get Along?’

June 21, 1964 | Three Civil Rights Workers Missing

July 5, 1975 | Arthur Ashe Becomes First Black Man to Win Wimbledon

July 6, 1957 | Althea Gibson Becomes First Black Player to Win Wimbledon

Aug. 11, 1965 | Riots in the Watts Section of Los Angeles

Aug. 18, 1963 | James Meredith Graduates From Mississippi

Sept. 15, 1963 | Birmingham Church Is Bombed by Klansmen

Oct. 14, 1964 | Martin Luther King Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Oct. 18, 1968 | American Olympic Medal Winners Suspended for Black Power Salutes

Nov. 4, 2008 | Obama Is Elected President

Throwback Thursday | The Rodney King Verdict and the L.A. Riots

Throwback Thursday | Rosa Parks Refuses to Move to the Back of the Bus

These projects explore Black history in depth and from a variety of angles — connecting history to the present.

Progress, Revisited

Selected pieces from a new series from Headway that explores how measures of Black achievement in the U.S. have stalled or reversed, and looks back at historical gains for their lessons today.

The Elusive Quest for Black Progress

How the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Changed the Labor Movement

How Greenwood Grew a Thriving Black Economy

Three Days That Changed the Thinking About Black Women’s Health

Sentenced to Life as Boys, They Made Their Case for Release

Black History, Continued

Selected pieces from Black History, Continued and our related curriculum. The 2021 series explores pivotal moments and transformative figures in Black culture and examines how the past shapes the present and the future.

Our Curriculum

Learning With the ‘Black History, Continued’ Series

On-Demand Webinar: Teaching With ‘Black History, Continued’

Writing Prompt: How Much Have You Learned About Black History?

Lesson of the Day: ‘When Blackness Is a Superpower’

Lesson of the Day: ‘The Black Woman Artist Who Crafted a Life She Was Told She Couldn’t Have’

Lesson of the Day: ‘Bringing Black History to Life in the Great Outdoors’

Lesson of the Day: ‘Black Surfers Reclaim Their Place on the Waves’

Lesson of the Day: ‘What Is Black Love Today?’

Teaching About the Tulsa Race Massacre With The New York Times

Additional Pieces

A Record Number of Black Women Run Some of the Biggest U.S. Cities

How Black Foragers Find Freedom in the Natural World

Why Students Are Choosing H.B.C.U.s: ‘4 Years Being Seen as Family’

The Joy of Black Hair

The Black Nerds Redefining the Culture

How Can Blackness Construct America?

Do We Ask Too Much of Black Heroes?

The Essential Toni Morrison

The 1619 Project

Selected pieces from The 1619 Project , an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

Essays From The New York Times Magazine

Why We Published the 1619 Project , by Jake Silverstein

The Idea of America , by Nikole Hannah-Jones

Capitalism , by Matthew Desmond

A Broken Health Care System , by Jeneen Interlandi

Traffic , by Kevin M. Kruse

Undemocratic Democracy , by Jamelle Bouie

Medical Inequality , by Linda Villarosa

American Popular Music , by Wesley Morris

Sugar , by Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Mass Incarceration , by Bryan Stevenson

The Wealth Gap , by Trymaine Lee

Hope, a Photo Essay , by Djeneba Aduayom

400 Years: A Literary Timeline

Why Can’t We Teach This? by Nikita Stewart

A Brief History of Slavery , by Mary Elliott and Jazmine Hughes

The 1619 Podcast

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Fifty years into hip-hop’s constant evolution, many of today’s rappers don’t write down their lyrics at all. Here’s how they make songs now.

“I think a lot of people picture, like, modern rappers who really just, like, pen and paper in the studio, writing down their raps, figuring it out, scratching it out, changing it.” “Yeah, no, we stopped writing a long time ago. Not many people write.” “Back in the day, when people were just using tape, you just had one take. So everybody had to be on point.” “There used to be a time before the 24 track, for instance. If a singer went in, you had to sing that [expletive], top to bottom, baby. You had to have it figured out.” “Most music up until about 20 years ago was always recorded on tape. It’s more of a process. It’s a lot more laborious, a little bit more tedious.” Rapping: “Three strikes and we might just blast —” “I’ve watched Tupac giving a speech — ‘Hey, we have two hours of studio time. Come here prepared.’” “We don’t have time or the luxury to spend all of this time doing one song. We don’t have it.” “Fast forward a little bit. Word starts to spread mid-to-late 90s that Jay doesn’t actually write any of his rhymes down.” “So you literally come in the studio and then formulate sentences in your head?” “Yeah.” “And then spit it to that beat?” “Yeah.” “And you never write down the lyrics?” “Never.” “Which leads to other rappers wanting to do the same thing.” “I found out that Jay wasn’t writing. I didn’t want to ever see a pen or paper, again, in my life.” “He has class, first in the lunch line. My lunch ticket let me eat rappers at lunch time.” “What I know is, when you see your hero can jump seven feet, it makes you want to jump eight.” “If it depends on me, 10 out of 10.” “You’re telling me, you’re falling out of love with me.” “I came up at the trenches.” “The problem is that not all of them are as great or as capable of doing it.” “Yeah, turn me up in my ear.” [rapping] “That’s no pen, no pad. They’re just going in and punching in.” “Punch in.” “Punch method.” “Punch and recording.” “Punching three more bars.” “I ain’t never wrote raps. I just be rapping.” “Do you write, or do you punch in?” “I punch in. I don’t write.” “Today, ProTools is essentially, like, the pen and paper, and that’s where it becomes this different type of art form.” “It’s improvisational versus writing the stand-up piece. You know what I mean?” “It’s like freehand versus tracing.” “Oh OK.” “Keep that part for me, just punch me in.” “The artist might not really have the song written, but they’re not necessarily freestyling in the traditional sense, where they’re just going in and saying the first thing that comes to mind, and they’re doing that for four minutes straight.” “Punching in, like saying one bar at a time.” “I’ve got these racks that can’t fold in the wallet. I’m making deposits. “Definitely one line at a time.” “That bar, and you said the bar out there, and you play it all together. It sounds like a whole sentence. “They’re using punching in as a way to create their rhymes as opposed to a way to correct their rhymes. Yeah, I feel it’s really just a generational thing.” “But you don’t think you could end up with something better if you sometimes wrote some stuff?” “No.” “It’s just not for you?” “No, [expletive] that.” “Rap has grown. Rap has evolved, and there’s always good and bad when it comes to evolution. What we’re seeing is a lot of the same lane being explored over and over again.” “People think, oh, they just rap about this, or they’re just rapping about, like, the easy rhyme scheme or the easy — but to be in a studio and write five songs a day, seven days a week about new topics and make it sound different, it’s very, very impressive.” “It is a sport. It is a sport to it.” “Instead of one song for a week, it’s five songs a night, and you keep it pushing.” “Not that our artistry isn’t appreciated, but it’s more so like, all right, how fast are we getting this done?” “And I’m just saying that the unprofessional rap culture is what I’m a kid of. Guys were like, I’m just a street cat, and I’ll rap.” [rapping] “I jumped off the porch and bought me a gun.” “I just want people to know that, like, you’re not Jay-Z, you’re not a failure.” “It’s about you, whether you’re writing on a phone, a piece of paper, punching in, off the dome. It doesn’t matter.” “Rapping to me, coming from, like, how I feel right then and there. Like me writing down ain’t going to be the same energy of me saying it.” “You can’t really hold your technique over a younger generation’s head, right? Ultimately, it is about just getting the best end result.” [rapping] “I respect it all because it all takes work, and it all takes thought. Whether you’re sitting over a pad or you got to spend four hours figuring it out, piecing it together, punching in, if the end, result moves people emotionally, the art is worth it.”

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Black History Month 2024

Black history month 2024 has begun. here's this year's theme and other things to know.

Scott Neuman

Jonathan Franklin

Large crowds gather at the Washington Monument and around the reflecting pool to demonstrate for civil rights on Aug. 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C. AP hide caption

Large crowds gather at the Washington Monument and around the reflecting pool to demonstrate for civil rights on Aug. 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C.

February marks Black History Month, a tradition that got its start in the Jim Crow era and was officially recognized in 1976 as part of the nation's bicentennial celebrations. It aims to honor the contributions that African Americans have made and to recognize their sacrifices.

Here are three things to know about Black History Month:

It was Negro History Week before it was Black History Month

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson , the scholar often referred to as the "father of Black history," established Negro History Week to focus attention on Black contributions to civilization.

According to the NAACP, Woodson — at the time only the second Black American after W.E.B. Du Bois to earn a doctorate from Harvard University — "fervently believed that Black people should be proud of their heritage and [that] all Americans should understand the largely overlooked achievements of Black Americans."

Woodson, the son of former enslaved people, famously said : "If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."

Black History Month 2022

Here's the story behind black history month — and why it's celebrated in february.

Woodson chose a week in February because of Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday was Feb. 12, and Frederick Douglass, who was born enslaved and did not know his actual birth date, but chose to celebrate it on Feb. 14.

"Those two people were central to helping to afford Black people the experience of freedom that they have now," W. Marvin Dulaney, president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History ( ASALH ) told NPR in 2023.

Woodson founded ASALH in 1915 and today is the official promoter of Black History Month.

In the decades after the Civil War and through the racial violence that erupted across the country in the years following World War I , there was a concerted effort to repress the teaching of Black history.

"In the South, they tried to suppress Black history or African American history in the public schools," Dulaney says, "particularly about things like Reconstruction and slavery, literally distorting the curriculum."

At the university level, Black studies programs were almost nonexistent, he said. "California was the first state to actually mandate Black history in 1951 for the public schools."

Largely as a result of the civil rights and Black consciousness movements of the 1960s, "you saw an uptick in Black history courses," said LaGarrett King, an associate professor of social studies education at the University at Buffalo.

Across the country, public schools "created all these courses and mandates for Black history," unofficially creating a Black History Month, King said.

The civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on Aug. 28, 1963, on the Mall in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

The civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on Aug. 28, 1963, on the Mall in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington.

The Black press also helped push the idea, says Marcus Hunter, a sociology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

" The Chicago Defender , the Philadelphia Tribune , the Baltimore Afro-American ... they all started to say that this is something we're celebrating," Hunter said.

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By 1976, it became official, with President Gerald R. Ford declaring February as Black History Month and calling on the public to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history."

Today, Black History Month is also celebrated in Canada every February and in the United Kingdom in October.

There's a new theme chosen each year for the celebration

Robin Thede joins Stephanie Filo, Taylor Mason, and Malinda Zehner Guerra, winners in the outstanding picture editing for variety programming category for "A Black Lady Sketch Show - My Love Language Is Words Of Defamation" to praise their work and express her pride in her all-female staff and crew during night two of the Television Academy's 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Phil McCarten/Invision/AP hide caption

Robin Thede joins Stephanie Filo, Taylor Mason, and Malinda Zehner Guerra, winners in the outstanding picture editing for variety programming category for "A Black Lady Sketch Show - My Love Language Is Words Of Defamation" to praise their work and express her pride in her all-female staff and crew during night two of the Television Academy's 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Each year, the ASALH chooses a different theme for Black History Month. This year, the theme is "African Americans and the Arts."

"African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment," the ASALH says of this year's theme .

"In 2024, we examine the varied history and life of African American arts and artisans," the organization added.

In part, Dulaney says with this year's theme paying homage to African Americans and the arts, ASALH will aim to celebrate and honor the "richness of the past and present" as we continue to look forward to what the future brings.

Recent controversies over how race is taught echo a time when Black history was often ignored

For Dulaney, the culture wars playing out across the country over how students learn about race feel like a case of history repeating itself.

For many, recent events — the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, for example, and the controversy surrounding critical race theory, an academic framework stating that people who are white have benefited from ingrained racism in American institutions — look like a recurring pattern, he says.

"I grew up in Ohio and we didn't learn about a single African or African American man or woman who had ever done anything in history," Dulaney told NPR.

"Starting in the '60s, through the '70s, we were very successful in integrating African American history of culture into the curriculum," he said.

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However, "now here we are back, having to push that agenda again ... [against those] trying to suppress the teaching of African American history and culture."

UCLA's Hunter thinks that debate is indicative of where the country is right now. What it really says is, "there's a lot of work to still be done."

However, Black History Month has been and can continue to be a force for better understanding.

"It offers a certain amount of optimism about what is possible if people actually focus on the educational importance of it," he said.

• Black History Month

Black History Essay Competition

The Dr. Carter G. Woodson 2024 Black History Essay Competition for Students in Grades 10-12 and at Marshall University.  This essay contest is sponsored by the national Pan-Hellenic Council at Marshall University as well as the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum.

African Americans and the Arts

Eligibility.

There are four separate divisions for the competition based on three high school levels — for students in grades 10, 11 and 12 — and one level for all Marshall University students.

$100 each to winners in grades 10, 11 and 12; $200 to the Marshall University winner, and $50 to honorable mentions.

Due to the poor weather conditions and school closings last week, the deadline has been extended to 11 p.m., January 26, 2024

Essays will be judged on

• The extent to which students effectively express the importance the theme, “African Americans and the Arts.”
• Correct use of spelling, grammar usage, sentence structure.
• organization, arguments and conclusion also will be considered by judges.

Please note the following requirements:

• Students in grades 10-12 should state their names, grade levels and teachers’ names if they are submitting essays through a class. This information should appear on line 1. Marshall students should state their names, year in school and majors on the top line of each page.
• Pages should be numbered.
• On line 2, type the essay’s theme — “African Americans and the Arts.”
• Below the headings (1-3 above), the first page should be a short statement about what the student learned while conducting research for this essay – at least 100 words but not longer than page 1.
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• The essay should begin on page 3.
• Page setup should be 1-inch margins, and text should be double-spaced using 12-point font in Times New Roman.
• Essays should be submitted only in PDF.
• Create a filename for the document: Your Lastname_BlackHistoryEssay_2024 (Example: Morris_BlackHistoryEssay_2024).

Additional Information

Please visit 2024 Black History Theme African Americans and the Arts (asalh.org) for additional information about the Black History Theme. Explore Black History through the Association for the Study of African American Life and History ( www.asalh.org ), the organization founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915.

Dr. Carter G. Woodson is considered the Father of Black History. He received his high school diploma from Frederick Douglass High School in Huntington, West Virginia, in 1896, and returned four years later as principal. A statue of Dr. Woodson is located at 820 Hall Greer Blvd., in Huntington. About Dr. Woodson:

www.marshall.edu/woodsonlyceum/

Other Important Information

• Winners must complete paperwork for payments of the awards.
• Winners (including parents/guardians of minors) grant Marshall University permission for use of the winning essays in printed forms and online in various promotions.
• Winners are expected to attend the awards dinner at Marshall in February.

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Sorry, we are no longer taking contest entries. The deadline had been extended to January 26th at 11pm.

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Congratulations to the Winners of UWM’s 2022 Black History Month Essay Contest!

The Department of African and African Diaspora Studies and the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion thank all of the students who submitted entries for our first Black History Month essay contest about what Black History Means to them! The essay contest has now concluded and contest winners were recognized during a virtual awards ceremony this past Wednesday, February 16, 2022.

We are excited to announce the winners ( click on students’ names to view their essay, speech, or poem) :

Grades 2-5 1st Place Maki KhielSelah , 3rd Grade, Home School

2nd Place (tie) Truth Walthour , 3rd Grade, Home School Russel Stamper III , 4th Grade, Underwood Elementary

Honorable Mention Kendall Stamper , 2nd Grade, Underwood Elementary

Grades 6-8 1st Place Shawanna Harper-Evens , 6th Grade, Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts

2nd Place Sitey Abdikadir , 6th Grade, Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts

3rd Place Marcus Castronovo – 6th Grade, Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts

Grades 9-12 1st Place Journey Harper , 10th Grade, Milwaukee High School of the Arts

2nd Place Desire Hurt , 12th Grade, Milwaukee High School of the Arts

3rd Place Terri Mims , 11th Grade, Milwaukee Lutheran

Congratulations again to the contest winners and thank you again to all of the participants and organizers!

Click here to watch the full recording of the Black History Month Essay Contest Virtual Awards Ceremony!

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• Black History Month 2022

Date: February 1–28, 2022

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San Antonio College – Black History Month Program

February 2022.

This year’s program theme is Black Health and Wellness .  If you would like more information on this theme, visit   https://asalh.org/black-history-themes/

The Black History Month Committee invites you to a variety of panel discussions, game trivia, events, and presentations on Health and Wellness.

We invite you to enter the Black History Month Essay Contest Deadline February 19, 2022

1st place: $500     2nd place: $400    3rd place: $300.

Black History Month Essay February 2022

Black Health and Wellness

This year's theme for Black History Month, "Black Health and Wellness", takes a look at how American healthcare has often underserved the African-American community.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has recently shown, a widespread disparity of access to quality healthcare negatively impacted outcomes for blacks and other minorities.

For African-Americans, the root of the problem goes deep, and back centuries.

Beginning with slavery and, later, a lack of economic opportunity, often put medical care out of reach for many African-Americans.

Even in good economic times, during the Jim Crow era  "Whites Only" hospitals  were commonplace throughout the South. Black medical facilities were often understaffed, underfunded, or non-existent. This stark reality gave credence to the saying: “When white folks catch a cold, black folks get pneumonia.” 

Black folk remedies  helped pick up the slack. They sometimes called for rituals and incantations, harking back to its African roots, and often involved many plant-based curatives. These included garlic for high blood pressure, and aloe vera for skin injuries -- nature's answers to maintaining wellness that have since been validated by modern medicine.

It was only well into the 20th century when the US government threatened to withhold Medicare payments to 'Whites Only" medical institutions. And, almost overnight,  hospitals became desegregated . The year was 1964 -- when the passage of the Civil Rights Act finally gave Black America a better shot at institutional health care.

More than 40 years later, following years of negotiations with the health insurance industry, the  Affordable Care Act  was eventually passed by the Obama administration that gave better access to medical care for Americans of every color.

Today, (almost unbelievably for a rich industrialized nation), the US continues to lag woefully behind the rest of the world in providing affordable medical care for most of its citizens. And African-Americans, other minorities, and especially the poor, continue to remain the most vulnerable .

Live links in blue throughout this document provide online research for students’ consideration.

ELIGIBILITY: Students must be currently enrolled in at least 6 hours at San Antonio College, with a 2.0 GPA.

INSTRUCTIONS/REQUIREMENTS: Develop a perspective in a research-based essay or white paper which discuses part of the above subject (your choice).

The final submitted document must demonstrate ALL the following features:

• Cover sheet: full name, Banner ID, last 4 digits of SSN, current phone number, ACES e- mail address (that you check frequently), and a current home address.
• MLA manuscript style and documentation; double-spaced throughout, 12-point type
• Edited English
• Minimum 850 words in length
• 5 or more sources*
• Creative title
• DO NOT include author or team name/title in header.

Please be as specific as possible in providing examples. Formal conventions such as introduction, body, conclusion – although necessary – should take on less importance than good organization, clarity, essay structure, and examples in your essay. Answer the prompt you develop to the best of your ability.

Opinion of the contest document author(s) is not sought, but assertions and dialogue from both professional and media sources based on research, science, ethics, and truth is required to support the discussion written.

All parenthetical and Works Cited page citations must reflect Modern Language Association (MLA) ninth edition style. Handouts on the new version of MLA documentation are available for free at the SAC Writing Center SAC : About SAC : College Offices : Writing Center : Resources | Alamo Colleges [click on MLA Ninth edition] or by accessing this link,   https://style.mla.org/ and navigating via the menu to examples. 

* [library databases or other library resources (which include – but are not limited to – newspaper articles, interviews (audio and or film), any sort of testimony such as oral history by individuals directly involved, court cases, police reports, and magazines). For example, should your submission include family stories, or other such material, be sure to conduct interviews, watch reunion videos, or interview people in person or by Zoom, including them in your Works Cited.]

The Black History Month Committee PREFERS participants

• arrange for at least ONE tutoring session at the SAC Writing Center prior to turning in the essay (make an appointment); OR
• seek the assistance of one of our librarians through an individualized library session here http://sacguide.libguides.com/bookalib to ensure high-quality research is the foundation of the submission;
• Submit as a word file (.doc or. docx) to Jane Focht-Hansen ( [email protected] )
• by 5 pm Saturday February 19, 2022

OPTION ONE: Write a minimum 850-word essay, with at least 5 sources, MLA 9th edition manuscript and documentation style, responding to the above executive summary. For example, a writer may compare the reasons why Black people were not part of the 1918 influenza pandemic analyses, specific to racism, segregation, and poverty with similar patterns emerging during the Age of Covid-19.  Maternal health is an area in which African-American women have often been left behind – similar patterns appear in this national and state-wide oversight.

Because Covid-19 is a global disease, consider all regions where governments have not responded to the specific needs of the victims and survivors. What is missing, should be included in a global humanitarian platform to address disparities in access to and treatment of Black health and wellness? Remember, resources may include all materials available through the college or public library, as well as living history interviews. 

https://mlahandbookplus.org/books/book/5/chapter/56247/Introduction-to-Formatting-Your-Research-Project

OPTION TWO: A team of students (four is ideal) write a minimum 850-word white paper , with at least 5 sources, MLA 9th edition manuscript and documentation style, responding to the above executive summary comparing, for example, the reasons why Black people were not part of the 1918 influenza pandemic analyses, specific to racism, segregation, and poverty with similar patterns emerging during the Age of Covid-19. Other variations for the white paper could include analyzing 3 or more healthcare concerns specific to African-Americans (males/females/transgender in US, the southwest, Texas and the world) and which are affected by racism, segregation, and poverty in one of the wealthiest nations of the world.

Because Covid-19 is a global disease, consider all regions where governments have not responded to the specific needs of the victims and survivors. What is missing, should be included in a global humanitarian platform to address disparities in access to and treatment of Black health and wellness?

Both these challenges are part of Technical Writing, especially for science and medical professions. Student Learning Outcomes for this contest are as follows:

SLO 1 – Students will be able to construct documents that demonstrate unity, organization, coherence, and development, and are grammatically correct.

SLO 2 – Students will be able to analyze and interpret literary works by applying principles of critical thinking, literary criticism, or theoretical engagement.

SLO 3 – Students will be able to produce researched documents that demonstrate the ability to locate a variety of credible sources, employ them effectively through quotations and paraphrases, integrate them smoothly into the writer’s own prose, and document them correctly using the style appropriate to the document.

Marketable Skills promoted by the contest:

1.The Writing Process--Developing and understand various strategies for planning, researching, drafting, revising, and editing documents that respond effectively and ethically to professional situations and audiences.

• Writing in Context--Analyzing professional cultures, social contexts, and audiences to determine how they shape the various purposes and forms of writing, such as persuasion, organizational communication and public discourse.
• Research--Understanding and using various research methods to produce professional documents, including analyzing professional contexts, assessing and using information resources, and determining how various media and technologies affect and are affected by users and readers.
• Technology--Developing strategies for using and adapting various communication technologies to manage projects and produce informative and usable professional documents.
• Document Design--Learning to argue with visual data, understanding and implementing various principles of format, layout, and design of professional documents that meet multiple user and reader needs.

http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/black-history-month.htm

https://whyy.org/segments/medicare-desegregation-health-care/

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/07/30/desegregation-the-hidden-legacy-of-medicare

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Patient-Protection-and-Affordable-Care-Act

https://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/blackhistorymonth/folkmed

https://blackdoctor.org/moms-favorite-natural-remedies__trashed/

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/115/3/e297

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1554896/

https://www.natural-healing-for-all.com/old_home_remedies.html

https://sites.google.com/site/afroamericanhealth/home

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10876468/

https://www.monticello.org/sites/library/exhibits/lucymarks/medical/slavemedicine.html

https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=aas_theses

https://colliermuseums.com/news/african-american-folk-medicine

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12424129

https://tcf.org/content/report/racism-inequality-health-care-african-americans/?agreed=1

https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/glance-black-and-african-american-physicians-workforce

https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/aahealth/index.html

https://www.ama-assn.org/about/ama-history/history-african-americans-and-organized-medicine

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/racial-disparities-in-health-care/

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=3&lvlid=61

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5370590/

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https://www.endofound.org/the-disparities-in-healthcare-for-black-women

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https://www.nlg.org/nlg-review/article/the-color-of-pain-blacks-and-the-u-s-health-care-system-can-the-affordable-care-act-help-to-heal-a-history-of-injustice-part-i/

https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/healthdisparities/africanamericans.html

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/29/black-texas-coronavirus-health-care-disparities/

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https://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/blackhistorymonth/hospitals

https://www.rees-jonesfoundation.org/mental-health-access-in-texas

https://nursing.utexas.edu/news/healing-health-disparities-within-african-american-population

https://aawellnessproject.org/

https://www.stkate.edu/academics/healthcare-degrees/black-women-maternal-mortality

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/black-health.htm

https://www.austintexas.gov/department/maternal-infant-outreach-program

https://www.self.com/story/black-women-health-conditions

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/heq.2017.0045

Best healthcare in the world

Downloadable Scholarship Instructions

For additional information:

Yvonne campbell, [email protected] , (210) 486-0590, opening event, healthcare of african americans, covid, childhood trauma, and the government panel discussion, wednesday, february 2, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm   .

Zoom Link: https://alamo.zoom.us/j/93737324945

Welcome: Dr. Robert Vela, College President

Presenters: Jennifer Knotts, Chantel Clarke, Leona Tatum

Program Description: COVID on the young adult community and how family or COVID affects their decision to get the vaccination. Childhood trauma has an ongoing effect on one’s mental health and wellness even into adulthood; how the government decisions and actions bring about positive outcomes for the health and wellness of African Americans.

Voter registration will be available.

Jennifer Knotts               Leona Tatum

Chantel Clarke MA, LPC, LCDC  

Health Fair

Monday, february 7 , 9:00 am - 12:00 pm      lsc mall, black veterans and mental health panel discussion, wednesday, february 9 , 11:00 am - 1:00 pm    .

Zoom Link: https://alamo.zoom.us/j/91387536465  

Moderator: Robert Gorman

Presenters: Retired Lt. Col. Anita Lightfoot, Andre Adams, Hal Adams, Darin Elkins

Program Description: Black Vets and how their health and wellness were affected by active-duty trauma. This panel will address how vets face the aftermath of duty assignments once they return home and provide resources to assist in the transition. 

Rt. Lt. Col. Anita Lightfoot

Healthy Valentine Treats

Monday, february 14 , 11:00 am - 1:00 pm      lsc the round, bereavement panel discussion, wednesday, february 16, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm     .

Zoom Link: https://alamo.zoom.us/j/93059903657  

Presenters: Reverend Verna Young, Pastor Rickey Knighton, Professor Darrell Woody, Judge Yolanda Huff, Mental Health 

Program Description: Death is something many people find challenging. Like many things, the death of a loved one can affect an individual's health. Panel III consists of a pastor, a reverend, a judge, and Professor Woody, Director of Mortuary Science here at SAC. These individuals will share their perspectives on working through grief from various approaches to minimize the effect on an individual's health.

Panel III consists of a pastor, a reverend, a judge, and professor Woody director of Mortuary Science here at SAC. These individuals will share their perspectives on working through grief from various approaches to minimize the effect on an individual’s health. 

    Reverend Verna Young                                Judge Yolanda Huff (Mental Health)

Pastor Rickey Knighton                           Professor Darrell Woody

Wellness Flash Mob (Rodeo Event)

Thursday, february 17, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm      lsc mall area, monday, february 21, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm      loftin fiesta room, read-in with jennifer farmer (author), wednesday, february 23, 10:50 am - 12:05 pm       , ria washington: communities creating care: voting rights is a public health issue, monday, february 28.

Zoom Link: https://alamo.zoom.us/j/93820527727

Taste of Soul Recipes

Lemon zucchini bread.

*Lemon zest adds a touch of summer to this sweet zucchini bread!”

INGREDIENTS

1 ½ cups shredded zucchini                                  ½ teaspoon salt

¾ cup white sugar                                                    ½ teaspoon baking soda

1 egg                                                                          ¼ teaspoon baking powder

½ cup vegetable oil                                                  1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour                                      2 teaspoons lemon zest

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan.
• In a bowl, beat together the zucchini, sugar, egg, and oil. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder, stir in the cinnamon and lemon zest. Stir the flour mixture into the zucchini mixture just until blended. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from heat, and cool about 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Crispy Over-Baked Chicken

Ingredients • 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning • ½ cup fat-free milk or buttermilk • 1½ tablespoons onion powder • 1½ tablespoons garlic powder • 2 teaspoons black pepper • 2 teaspoons dried hot pepper, crushed • 1 teaspoon ground ginger • 1 cup cornflakes, crushed or breadcrumbs • 8 pieces skinless chicken (4 breasts, 4 drumsticks) • ¼ teaspoon paprika • Nonstick cooking spray (use to coat baking pan)

Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 ºF. 2. Add ½ teaspoon of poultry seasoning to milk. 3. Combine all other spices except paprika with cornflake crumbs (or breadcrumbs), and place in a plastic bag. 4. Wash chicken and pat dry. Dip chicken into milk, shake to remove excess liquid, then quickly shake chicken in a bag with seasoning and crumbs. 5. Refrigerate for 1 hour. 6. Remove from refrigerator and sprinkle lightly with paprika. 7. Coat baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and evenly space chicken in pan. 8. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 40 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for an additional 30 to 40 minutes or until the meat can be easily pulled away from the bone with a fork. The drumsticks may require less baking time than the breasts. Crumbs will form a crispy “skin.” Do not turn chicken during baking.

Nutrition Information Makes 6 servings Serving size: 1 /2 breast or 2 small drumsticks Each serving provides: Calories: 256 Total Fat: 5 g Saturated Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 34 mg Sodium: 286 mg Total Fiber: 1 g Protein: 30 g Carbohydrates: 22 g Potassium: 339 mg

Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Ingredients

• 2 cups macaroni • Nonstick cooking spray • ½ cup onions, chopped • ½ cup evaporated, fat-free milk • 1 medium egg, beaten • ¼ teaspoon black pepper • 10 oz. (1¼ cups) sharp cheddar cheese, finely shredded

1. Preheat oven to 350 ºF. 2. Cook macaroni according to package directions. Do not add salt to the cooking water. Drain and set aside. 3. Lightly coat a saucepan with nonstick cooking spray. 4. Add onions to saucepan and sauté for about 3 minutes. 5. In another bowl, combine macaroni, onions, and the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. 6. Lightly coat a casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray. 7. Transfer mixture into casserole dish. 8. Bake for 25 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Information

Makes 8 servings Serving size: 1 /2 cup Each serving provides: Calories: 200 Total Fat: 4 g Saturated Fat: 2 g Cholesterol: 34 mg Sodium: 120 mg Total Fiber: 1 g Protein: 11 g Carbohydrates: 29 g Potassium: 119 mg

Zucchini Balls Baked

• 1 ½ cup raw zucchini
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 ¼ cup of Gluten Free Panko Crumbs
• 2 tablespoons chopped chives
• 1 tablespoon of fresh parsley
• ¾ cup of grated cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano cheese)

1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C)
• Wash zucchini and remove the ends, keep skin for extra fiber
• Finely dice the zucchini in small cubes of about 2 mm
• Place the small zucchini cubes into a mixing bowl and using a spoon, combine with eggs, garlic, gluten free Panko crumbs and cheese. Adjust salt and pepper regarding taste.
• It will form a moist batter that comes easily together. If too moist or stick too much to your hands, add slightly more crumbs, 1 tablespoon at a time until you can easily shape balls in your hands. You should not use more than 4 extra tablespoon of gluten free panko crumbs.
• Form golf size balls rolling batter into hands.
• Place each ball unto a greased cookie sheet. Use 1 tablespoon of olive oil to rub on cookie sheet.

Black Bean and Corn Salsa

1 15 oz can black beans, no salt added, rinsed and drained

1 fresh jalapeno pepper finely chopped1 11 oz can whole kernel corn, no salt added, drained

2 tomatoes, medium, chopped

1 red bell pepper, chopped

1/3 cup fresh chopped cilantro, OR 1 teaspoon dried cilantro

¼   cup red onion diced

¼ cup fresh lime juice (about 2 limes squeezed)

1 avocado chopped

Slow Cooker Pork Neck Bones

This recipe for soul food style pork neck bones will give you tender, fall-of-the-bone meat that's flavorful, succulent and juicy. This is a don't miss dish, perfect for Sunday dinner and the slow cooker makes it so easy!

Prep Time5 minutes

Cook Time4 hours

Total Time4 hours 5 minutes

Servings 6 servings

• 4 lbs pork neck bones
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 1/4 tsp coarse kosher salt
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1 tbsp onion powder
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 tbsp parsley flakes
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 large yellow onion chopped
• 2 cups water or chicken broth
• Clean the pork neck bones.
• Drizzle the neck bones with the vegetable oil, and apple cider vinegar.
• Season the neck bones with all of the seasonings, then place them in the slow cooker.
• Sprinkle in the cornstarch, and stir. Make sure that all the neck bones are coated with the cornstarch.
• Toss in the chopped onions.
• Pour in the water or chicken broth.
• Place the lid on the slow cooker, and cook on high for 4 hours.
• Make sure that you periodically stir the neck bones (every hour).
• Once done serve, and enjoy! XOXO

Peach Cobbler

½ cup unsalted butter                              

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 cups sugar, divided

1 tablespoon baking powder

Pinch of salt

1 cup of milk

4 cups of fresh peach

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Ground cinnamon or nutmeg (optional)

Directions                                                                           

Step 1            Melt butter in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish

Step 2             Combine flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt; add milk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour batter over butter (do not stir).

Step 3            Bring remaining 1 cup sugar, peach slices, and lemon juice to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally; pour over batter (do not stir). Sprinkle with cinnamon, if desired.

Step 4            Bake at 375 for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown. Serve cobbler warm or cool.

https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/easy-peach-cobbler (video available)

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Entries are open for the 2023 Champions of Courage Black History Month Essay Competition, presented by WBFF Baltimore FOX 45. The competition is open to all Maryland students ages 11 through 18. “Champions of Courage '' is a showcase for students to salute their positive role models who have demonstrated the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. inspiring them to dream and achieve. Students can enter by writing a brief essay saluting their “Champion of Courage”. Fifteen (15) essays will be selected, and student winners will present their essays on FOX 45, The CW Baltimore, and My TV Baltimore during January and February 2024. Each of the 15 winning essayists will receive a $100 prize. Please review the  linked document for more detailed information and how to apply! Click here  to access contest guidelines.

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Black History Month: The Importance of Knowing African American History

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Updated: 1 December, 2023

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