100 Years of Black History Month

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 3

This Black History Month is of particularly historical importance, as 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of the Month's founding by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead is the current president of ASALH, as well as a professor and the founding executive director of The Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice at Loyola University Maryland. Dr. Kaye discusses 100 years of Black History Month, and how she's reflecting on the history of ASALH this February.

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