Government Information - Hot Topics: Black History Month

Law to provide for the designation of the month of February, 1986 as "National Black (Afro-American) History Month

Commemorating Black History Month and contributions of African-American
United States Senators, Feb. 28, 1996.

From Congress.gov, Congressional resolutions to commemorate Black History Month from 2007-present

National Black (Afro-American) History Month, 1986

National African American History Month, 2014

National African American History Month, 2007

This exhibition from the Library of Congress showcases more than 240 items, including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.

This Library of Congress collection contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.

Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words showcases rarely seen materials that offer an intimate view of Rosa Parks and documents her life and activism

In 2019 and 2020, the National Park Service is commemorating a significant moment in American history: the landing of the first enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America in August 1619 at Virginia's Point Comfort, now part of Fort Monroe National Monument.

Collaboration between The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.

The Green Book of South Carolina is the first mobile travel guide to African American cultural sites across South Carolina. Created by the S.C. African American Heritage Commission, it provides residents and visitors from around the world a user-friendly guide to discovering and celebrating enriching cultural experiences across the state of South Carolina.