Black History Month is celebrated each year in the United States during the month of February to coincide with the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and Frederick Douglass on February 14.
In February we welcome the beginning of Black History Month, a month of reflection about how our country's history with slavery, segregation and racism has.
There’s no better place to learn about history than the homes and spaces that witnessed vital events. Black History Month often involves lists of figures and books to encourage the discovery of pivotal African Americans. For 2022, consider taking a deeper dive into Black history by visiting the homes and sites where Black history took place and icons lived.
Their Eyes Were Watching God, novel by Zora Neale Hurston, published in 1937. It is considered her finest book. In lyrical prose influenced by folk tales that the author heard while assembling her anthology of African American folklore Mules and Men (1935), Janie Crawford tells of her three