02/06/2026

2026 marks 100 years since Dr. Carter G. Woodson first established “Negro History Week” during the second week of February in 1926. This month offers us a chance to look back at a century of commemorations and celebrations of Black History.

Click here to follow the journey across the years with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and be inspired by the determination, the creativity, the ingenuity, and the beauty of the human spirit.