Image: from the cover of Jarvis R. Givens’ Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching.

Getting started: read Givens’ above-mentioned book, as well as his articles below. Follow leading historians of Black history here. Keep up to date with Black history by following the African American Intellectual Historical Society.  

Books

Pero Gaglo Dagbovie:

• The Early Black History Movement, Carter G. Woodson, and Lorenzo Johnston Greene.
• Reclaiming the Black Past: The Use and Misuse of African American History in the 21st Century.

Jarvis R. Givens: Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching.

Jacqueline Goggin: Carter G. Woodson: A Life in Black History.

Manning Marable: Living Black History: How Reimagining the African-American Past Can Remake America’s Racial Future.

Carter G. Woodson: The Mis-Education of the Negro.

Selected Articles

Brandon Byrd: Black History Month Bibliography.

Veronica Chambers: How Negro History Week Became Black History Month and Why It Matters Now.

Pero Gaglo Dagbovie: Reclaiming the Black Past: A New Book on the Use and Misuse of African American History. (Interview with Dagbovie by Keisha Blain.)

W.E.B. Du Bois: Negro History Week.

Tiffany Florvil: Rethinking Black History Month in Germany.

Jarvis R. Givens:

• Fugitive Pedagogy: The Longer Roots of Antiracist Teaching.
• The Political Origins of Black History Month.
• The Important Political History of Black History Month: Uncovering the robust intellectual tradition among African American schoolteachers.

Stephen G. Hall:

• History As A Communal Act: The History of Black History Month.
• On Black History Month & Black Historical Writing: An Interview with Stephen G. Hall.

Annette Joseph-Gabriel: An Internationalist Vision of Black History Month.

Phillip Luke Sinitiere: W. E. B. Du Bois and Black History Month.

Noelle Trent: Black History Month, A Reflection and Defense.

Olivia B. Waxman: How Black Lives Matter Is Changing What Students Learn During Black History Month.

E. James West: The Radical and Transnational Roots of Black History Month in Britain.