THE BEGINNINGS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week in 1926 to honor and celebrate the contributions made by people of African descent. For approximately 50 years, the second week of February was reserved for this celebration. It coincided with the birthdays of abolitionist/editor Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln, who supported the 13th amendment to the...[ read more ]

In the early 2000s, Brent Bezo, a student in the doctoral psychology program at Carleton University in Ottawa, was living with his wife in Ukraine when they began picking up on subtle notes of resentment and skepticism from the native population. In his conversations with the locals, Bezo specifically remembers detecting references to the Holodomor, a historical event in the...[ read more ]