The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, which founded Black History Month, creates and disseminates knowledge about Black History. Its website houses books, collections, essays, and other learning materials.

History shows us that the invention of whiteness is directly related to the existence of an economy that depended on the enslavement and control of Africans and their descendants. Understanding this is key to understanding the legal and social system we have today.

Vaccinations were introduced to America by Onesimus—while he was enslaved here. Black history is rich with often overlooked events and figures like this. In order to understand our country, we need to understand how Black people helped to build it.