To celebrate this Black History Month, we wanted to highlight resources that discuss the origins of the celebration itself as well as the issues that have stemmed from the issues that some scholars and critics have raised about Black History Month. These resources, and the intent behind sharing them, echoes that of our Antiracist Resource Guide, which we created in the late Spring of 2020 to encourage the use of resources that either address the systemic racism within the academic disciplines or elevate the Black voices within those disciplines.

Scott, D. (2011). Origins of Black History Month. https://asalh.org/about-us/origins-of-black-history-month/.
Dr. Daryl Scott, professor of History at Howard University and President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History from 2013-15, provides a concise, yet detailed history of Black History Month.

Sadler, J. (2015). School curricula, infusion of African and African American content in. In M. Shujaa, & K. Shujaa (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America (pp. 756-759). SAGE Publications, Inc. DOI:10.4135/9781483346373.n262.