COLUMN: Black history is American history
Historian Carter Woodson created Negro History Week in 1926 hoping to advocate for the teaching of black history. Negro History week became Black History Month in 1976.
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Historian Carter Woodson created Negro History Week in 1926 hoping to advocate for the teaching of black history. Negro History week became Black History Month in 1976.
During the United States slavery era black women were forced to give birth on filthy, inhumane slave ships. Their health was disregarded, and consequently, women and children died.
The first openly gay artist in the Latin trap rap genre, 24-year-old Kevin Fret, was shot and killed Jan. 10. According to its Facebook page, the Puerto Rico Trans Youth Coalition believes the murder could be "descrito como un crimen de odio", which roughly translates to "described as a hate crime.
Black people are the second most populous race in the United States, making up 13.4 percent of the population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The population of the state of Indiana is 9.4 percent African-American.