Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach people about African-American history and the contributions of Black people.

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, lionizing heroes like Frederick Douglass and William Still; shining a spotlight on histories that don’t always appear in schoolbooks;

The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo and affect 11 annual events, including Black History Month, which begins Saturday, and National Hispanic Heritage

Among myriad offerings on Broadway these days are shows that reflect and represent the generations-old traditions of Black performers and theater professionals working in New York theater.

The Pentagon joined the scramble by federal agencies trying to conform to President Trump’s war on diversity programs.

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to President Trump’s ban on diversity,

The Defense Intelligence Agency notified its employees that the Pentagon agency will not be observing a slew of holidays and heritage months in order to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders,

The Defense Intelligence Agency's pause comes in response to President Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal workplace.