Black History Month

Review these milestone moments in African American history

Black History Month is celebrated each February in the United States and Canada. Each nation’s history is filled with notable contributions from black individuals, many of whom overcame incredible odds to make their countries better places for themselves and their peers to call home. As Americans and Canadians prepare to celebrate Black History Month, they can consider these milestone moments in black history. • Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in 1831. Nat Turner was born into slavery on October 2, 1800, in rural Southampton County, Virginia. Turner’s intellect was notable since ...

Notable figures to celebrate this Black History Month

Each February, individuals across Canada and the United States celebrate Black History Month. Both nations have much to celebrate, and these are just a few of the individuals who have done much to advance the causes of Black people in the United States and Canada. • Fannie Lou Hamer: The subject of a new biography by historian Keisha N. Blain released in late 2021, Fannie Lou Hamer rose to prominence during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s in the United States. Born to sharecropper parents in Sunflower County, Mississippi, in 1919, Hamer became an activist in 1962, ultimately ...