{"id":629,"date":"2026-02-16T07:50:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/?page_id=629"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:05:39","slug":"black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/news\/black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alliance-pcc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01ALLIANCE_PCC\/6pu76u\/alma995161504501848\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-44182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milestone_Docs_African_American_History.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milestone_Docs_African_American_History.jpeg 319w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milestone_Docs_African_American_History-239x300.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milestone_Docs_African_American_History-200x251.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a>The PCC Library continuously selects materials related to African American history as well as contemporary Black American culture. Explore our collection, and suggested materials from the web, to learn more about the contributions and achievements of Black Americans as we celebrate Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p><!--See <a title=\"Black History Month 2013\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/about\/events\/black-history\/\">Black History Month<\/a> for a complete schedule of PCC related events.--><\/p>\n<h4>About Black History Month<\/h4>\n<p>2026 marks a century of national commemorations of Black history. Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, George Cleveland Hall, William D. Hartgrove, Jesse E. Moorland, Alexander L. Jackson, and James E. Stamps institutionalized the teaching, study, dissemination, and commemoration of Black history when they founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) on September 9, 1915. The 2026 Black History Month theme is <a href=\"https:\/\/asalh.org\/black-history-themes\/\">A Century of Black History Commemorations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black History Month provides an opportunity to learn about the history, traditions, and contributions of Black Americans. The 36th Annual Cascade Festival of African films celebrates Black History Month from February 6- March 7, 2026. Learn more about Black History Month and the festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44446,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/44446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}