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Carter G Woodson

In this April 4, 2012 file photo, people visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington. Whether visitors want to try one of the first family’s favorite restaurants, discover a sense of history or escape from the crowd to find a museum off the beaten path, Washington is the nation’s cultural capital this weekend for inauguration visitors. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

How to respond to Black History Month doubters

Blair L.M. Kelley
OPINION - Every February 1st, it happens like clockwork. Folks complain. On Twitter and Facebook, in idle chatter before meetings and around the water cooler someone wonders aloud why there has to be Black History Month...
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Slideshow: 10 Black History Month facts you may not know

Brittany Fuerstenberg
SLIDESHOW - How much did you really retain from elementary school about the origins of Black History Month?...
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