Carter G. Woodson started the tradition of celebrating black history. In 1925, Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson, known as the "Father of Black History," had a bold idea. That year, he ...

Black Women’s History Month is a byproduct of another one of Battle’s projects. In 2013, she held her first gala for the Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Awards.

Peggy Montes started the Bronzeville ... Chicago's Women's History Month — and still is a ... space where Burroughs initially co-founded the DuSable Black History Museum and ...