https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/blackhistorymonth/RSS feed for Black History MonthenWed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-the-king-of-the-underground-railroad-escaped-from-slavery-he-led-1500-others-to-freedom-180988223/Jermain Wesley Loguen opened his home to fugitives fleeing the South. He publicized this work openly, risking arrest or even re-enslavementWed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-the-king-of-the-underground-railroad-escaped-from-slavery-he-led-1500-others-to-freedom-180988223/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/Carter G. Woodson, the "father of Black history," founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a "life-and-death struggle"Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-the-great-depression-this-black-educator-looked-to-conflicts-abroad-for-lessons-on-fighting-racism-at-home-180987321/The Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the Spanish Civil War offered Melva L. Price and her fellow female activists an opportunity to examine the links between racism and fascismMon, 15 Sep 2025 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-the-great-depression-this-black-educator-looked-to-conflicts-abroad-for-lessons-on-fighting-racism-at-home-180987321/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-exhibition-spotlights-black-artists-who-called-france-home-20th-century-180986399/A blockbuster show at the Centre Pompidou in Paris spotlights 300-plus works by 150 artists of African heritageWed, 09 Apr 2025 18:26:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-exhibition-spotlights-black-artists-who-called-france-home-20th-century-180986399/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/from-the-antebellum-south-to-the-civil-rights-movement-black-american-women-have-long-told-their-stories-through-quilts-180986106/In a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, over 30 works showcase the significance of this quilting traditionMon, 24 Feb 2025 18:35:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/from-the-antebellum-south-to-the-civil-rights-movement-black-american-women-have-long-told-their-stories-through-quilts-180986106/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-story-behind-nickel-boys-and-the-brutal-florida-reform-school-that-inspired-the-film-180986098/Based on a Colson Whitehead novel, the Oscar-nominated movie dramatizes the story of the Florida School for Boys, which traumatized children as young as 5 for more than a centuryMon, 24 Feb 2025 17:47:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-story-behind-nickel-boys-and-the-brutal-florida-reform-school-that-inspired-the-film-180986098/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trailblazing-black-librarian-who-rewrote-the-rules-of-power-gender-and-racial-passing-180986074/Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th centuryFri, 21 Feb 2025 13:52:31 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trailblazing-black-librarian-who-rewrote-the-rules-of-power-gender-and-racial-passing-180986074/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/born-enslaved-this-black-millionaire-attempted-to-colonize-mexico-and-aspired-to-be-the-emperor-of-ethiopia-180985998/William Henry Ellis masqueraded as a Mexican businessman, but he never shied away from his Black rootsTue, 11 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/born-enslaved-this-black-millionaire-attempted-to-colonize-mexico-and-aspired-to-be-the-emperor-of-ethiopia-180985998/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-confederate-forces-captured-their-children-these-black-mothers-fought-to-reunite-their-families-180985994/During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down their lost loved onesThu, 06 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-confederate-forces-captured-their-children-these-black-mothers-fought-to-reunite-their-families-180985994/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-black-inventor-who-developed-the-ice-cream-scoop-revolutionizing-a-beloved-frozen-treat-180985886/While working as a porter, Alfred L. Cralle witnessed how hard it was to serve ice cream cones one-handed. He saved the day with his mold and disher tool, patented on this day in 1897Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-black-inventor-who-developed-the-ice-cream-scoop-revolutionizing-a-beloved-frozen-treat-180985886/