Born in 1875 in Virginia to formerly enslaved parents who were never taught to read and write, Carter G. Woodson often had to forgo school for farm or mining work to make ends meet, but was encouraged to learn independently and eventually earned advanced degrees from the University of Chicago and Harvard. It was at these lauded institutions of higher education where Dr. Woodson began to ...

Jun 14, 2016 · The College Board has announced it will begin offering an Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course at 60 high schools across the U.S. this fall.. The AP program, which traditionally gives high school students an opportunity to take college-level courses before graduation, currently covers 38 subjects, including U.S. government and politics, biology, chemistry, English, European ...

Feb 1, 2023 · by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, GBN founder and Editor-in-Chief. Well, here we are, once again. Forty seven years after February was officially recognized by the U.S. government as Black History Month, and ninety seven years after Negro History Week was founded by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History.”. We are also, once again, deeply distressed by the murder of a young Black person ...

Mar 19, 2024 · Every year on March 18, Good Black News celebrates the day of its founding.We continue that tradition today, fourteen years after GBN’s inception. Even though the last two years have been challenging (details here), and changes in how people consume content (eg.TikTok, IG, IG Stories, Reels) have led to way fewer postings on the main goodblacknews.org site, we are still exceedingly proud of ...

Feb 1, 2025 · by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, GBN founder and Editor-in-Chief. Well, here we are, once again. Forty seven years after February was officially recognized by the U.S. government as Black History Month, and ninety seven years after Negro History Week was founded by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History.”. We are also, once again, deeply distressed by the murder of a young Black person ...

Jul 22, 2024 · Every year on March 18, Good Black News celebrates the day of its founding.We continue that tradition today, fourteen years after GBN’s inception. Even though the last two years have been challenging (details here), and changes in how people consume content (eg.TikTok, IG, IG Stories, Reels) have led to way fewer postings on the main goodblacknews.org site, we are still exceedingly proud of ...

Good Black News was founded on March 18, 2010 via Facebook (see the detailed story in our About The Editors sidebar) and is currently expanding to have a larger web presence. You can find us here at goodblacknews.org, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, Linked In, YouTube and Flipboard.GBN is a labor of love, and our Founder/Editor-In-Chief (Lori Lakin Hutcherson) and staff are ...

Every year on March 18, Good Black News celebrates the day of its founding.We continue that tradition today, thirteen years after GBN’s inception. Even though this past year has been particularly challenging (details here), and led to way fewer postings on the main goodblacknews.org site as well as the cessation of the GBN Daily Drop Podcast, we are still exceedingly proud of all we’ve ...

This week, Apple announced its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI), a long-term global effort to advance equity and expand opportunities for Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous communities, has more than doubled its initial financial commitment to total more than $200 million over the last three years.. Since launching REJI in June 2020, Apple has supported education, economic ...

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)Today’s GBN Daily Drop podcast is based on the Wednesday, March 9 entry in the “A Year of Good Black News” Page-A-Day®️ Calendar for 2022 celebrating the groundbreaking 1990 feature film House Party, directed and produced by Reginald Hudlin and Warrington Hudlin, and starring Kid ‘N Play, Full Force, Tisha Campbell, AJ Johnson, Martin ...