BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Honoring Black History will feature stories that honor not only America’s Black history but our local Black history as well.
Watch Honoring Black History in the video player above.
Stories included in the special include:
- 70th anniversary of Baton Rouge bus boycott
- The Universities of Louisiana Reginald F. Lewis Scholars
- Louisiana programs to grow Black male teachers
- Fathers on a Mission
- Let It Slide
- The mission of 100 Black Men of Baton Rouge
- History of Black History Month
- Crazy Plant Bae
- Black musicians’ impact on Rock & Roll
Black History Month started out in 1926 as “Negro History Week” on the second week of February.
Black History Month was first proposed by Black educators at Kent State University in February 1969.
In 1976, President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month. Since then, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month.
