Black Liberation Month 2025
Workshop Information
COUNTY LIBRARY BLACK HISTORY DISPLAYS
participating locations ; eureka, arcata, fortuna, Ferndale, mckinleyville and trinadad.
See full description of events and interactive displays at each location representing each timeline below.
Take a deep dive into Black history and it’s impact on the world today! Starting in 700 and winding through the centuries to today you can learn about African Legacy, Caribbean History, Pan Africanism and the Harlem Renaissance, the reconstruction and civil rights era, and the survivance of Black America today.
Humboldt local Playlist from Black Humboldt Radio Takeover on Humboldt Hot Air and Black liberation month special from 2022.
Listen to full show at https://soundcloud.com/black-humboldt/black-liberation-month-radio-takeover-ft-local-black-artist-playlist?si=62f692471f9648b289c74755249fe3ed&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Humboldt Black History Month Programming
Black Liberation Month Schedule of events hosted by The Umoja Center of Pan African Excellence at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Savage Henry Comedy Club Black Liberation Month Lineup Presented by Josh Barnes & Jamon Jamison
Black Liberation Month
is a retitling of Black History Month and takes place every year for the entire month of February. As a way to empower the Black community, we want to create a sense of liberation through events planned FOR & BY Black and Brown community members. This project keeps Black and Brown history, which is often left out of textbooks or mainstream curriculums, available and transparent for the entire Humboldt County community. Black history is United States’ history too and doesn't exist separate. By telling truthful stories of strength and perseverance and celebrating accomplished Black and Brown people we are liberating the community 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 around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history.
Origins of Black History Month
The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other peoples of African descent. Known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the group sponsored a national Negro History week in 1926, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The event inspired schools and communities nationwide to organize local celebrations, establish history clubs and host performances and lectures. In the decades that followed, mayors of cities across the country began issuing yearly proclamations recognizing "Negro History Week." By the late 1960s, thanks in part to the civil rights movement and a growing awareness of Black identity, "Negro History Week" had evolved into Black History Month on many college campuses. President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling upon the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Today, Black History Month is a time to honor the contributions and legacy of African Americans across U.S. history and society—from activists and civil rights pioneers, those we’ve learned about from history books and classes and those left out.