Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month, which is an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of Black people in U.S. history. Black History Month grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent Black people.
MetroU optional course:
We have added an optional course in MetroU - Black History Month 2023 - Celebrate - You can access the course by clicking on this link and logging in and then it will take you to this optional course. - https://METROU.sumtotal.host/core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=app%2Fmanagement%2FLMS_ActDetails.aspx%3FActivityId%3D24427%26UserMode%3D0 [1]
Resources
10 Facts about Black History Month [2]
History.com [3]
https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/black-history-month-resource-round [4]
EBSCO Top Resources for Black History Month [6]
Links:
[1] https://METROU.sumtotal.host/core/pillarRedirect?relyingParty=LM&url=app%2Fmanagement%2FLMS_ActDetails.aspx%3FActivityId%3D24427%26UserMode%3D0
[2] https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/black-history-month-facts/
[3] https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month
[4] https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/black-history-month-resource-round
[5] https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/blackhistorymonth
[6] https://www.ebsco.com/blogs/ebscopost/top-resources-black-history-month
[7] https://my.metrolibrary.info/drupal/tags/black-history-month
[8] https://my.metrolibrary.info/drupal/tags/learning-and-development
[9] https://my.metrolibrary.info/drupal/tags/metrou