04.02.2026
| Scrap It, Revamp It: Do We Still Need Black History Month?
Wednesday 11 February 2026
February 2026 commemorates the centenary of establishment of Negro History Week, which became Black History Month in the US in 1976. Founded by Carter G Woodson, to give recognition to the largely overlooked, ignored or suppressed achievements of Black Americans, the week was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
Many would argue that Black History Month is still urgently needed in a society where systemic racism, cultural erasure and historical amnesia are persistent. Whereas others believe that Black History Month has become a performative gesture.
To mark 100 years of Negro History Week and 50 years of Black History Month in the US, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage brings together Dr Mark Christian and Dr Antonio C Cuyler to explore what Black History Month means today in the US and the UK, alongside its challenges, its possibilities and its future across arts, education, culture and society.
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