Tag: black-history

  • Highlighting Garrett  Augustus Morgan (Inventor) 

    2025 BLACK HISTORY,2025—- THEME “AFRICAN AMERICANS AND LABOR“ Garrett Morgan (1877–1963) – The Man Who Made Roads Safer   Garrett Augustus Morgan was a self-taught Black inventor and entrepreneur whose innovations continue to impact society today.  Born in 1877 in Claysville, Kentucky, Morgan only received an elementary school education before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, in…

  • Education-“African Americans in the Arts

    “The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts, and/or demonstrating art. In deciding which African American artists we would highlight on our websites, we wanted to recognize persons, living or deceased, who have made significant contributions to the arts in America…

  •  African-American History Month..2024 Theme——“African Americans and the Arts”

    “For those interested in the study of identity and ideology, an exploration of ASALH’s Black History themes is itself instructive. Over the years, the themes reflect changes in how people of African descent in the United States have viewed themselves, the influence of social movements on racial ideologies, and the aspirations of the black community.”…