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February 08, 2023

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Black History Month 2023's theme is 'Black Resistance'

According to History.com, Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Also known as African American History Month, the event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. 

Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries worldwide, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history.

The Black History Month 2023 theme, “Black Resistance,” explores how "African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial progams and police killings," since the nation's earliest days. 

To learn more, visit https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month#black-history-month-2023-theme.