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. Across Iraq, there are an estimated 1.5 million Iraqi-African's.
Education is the passport to the future
Established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (“The King Center”) has been a global destination,
resource center and community institution for over a quarter century. Nearly one million people each year make a pilgrimage to learn, be inspired and pay their respects
to Dr. King’s legacy.
The Tubman Byway is a self-guided driving tour that winds for 125 miles through the beautiful landscapes and waterscapes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, then continues
for 98 miles through Delaware before ending in Philadelphia. It is the only place in the world that preserves and interprets the places where Harriet Tubman was born,
lived, labored, and where she fled from.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history,
and culture. To date, the Museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts and nearly 100,000 individuals have become members.
In the late 1950’s Maya Angelou joined the Harlem Writer’s Guild. With the guidance of her friend, the novelist James Baldwin, she began work on the book that would become I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Published in 1970, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings received international acclaim and made the bestseller list.
Celebrate your heritage and join the global Loving Day community. Loving Day was inspired by the Loving v. Virginia (1967) U.S. Supreme Court decision, which witnessed Richard and Mildred Loving's fight for justice as an interracial couple - at a time when Black and white marriage was against the law!
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