The Black History Month View of Mental Health
3 min readFeb 13, 2024
Black History Month, celebrated in February in the United States and Canada and October in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, is an annual observance recognizing Black people's significant contributions and achievements throughout history. It was first proposed by historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) in 1926 as “Negro History Week.”…