US EditionBlack History Month centennial channels angst over anti-DEI climate into education, free resources
The centennial celebration includes nationwide campaigns offering free educational resources to counter anti-critical race theory efforts, with 150+ teachers involved, organizers said.
- This month, the centennial observance marks 100 years since Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week, with hundreds of lectures, teach‑ins and new books nationwide.
- After last year's executive orders, organizers say renewed activism arose from anti-DEI moves and the federal administration's removal of a Philadelphia slavery exhibit last month.
- Campaigns are producing and distributing free curricular materials and working with more than 150 teachers, linking the book and research to a living-history campaign run with Campaign Zero and Afro Charities.
- Educators and artists are focusing on efforts to engage students and young people with fuller accounts of Black history, organizers say.
- Positioned alongside the America250 observance, ASALH scheduled statewide programs including a February 10 livestream and exhibits through February 28.
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Black History Month centennial channels angst over anti-DEI climate into education, free resources
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