Black History Month first originated as part of an initiative by writer and educator Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be “Negro History Week” Woodson proclaimed that Negro History Week should always occur in the second week of February — between the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
Since 1976, America celebrates Black History Month. Therefore, we celebrate the history and give the platform to our own artists – local to Indiana, such as Deonna Craig and Milton Knight. To honor the important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.