Black History Centennial

In a groundbreaking initiative to honor and rediscover a rich history, Marshall University, in collaboration with its co-sponsors, the City of Huntington and Marshall Health Network, proudly announces commemoration of a great epoch in the American story – the centennial of Negro History Week.

The centerpiece of the centennial is an Online Black History Courses Program of entry-level, non-credit courses – much like Dr. Woodson’s Home Study Department, which offered the public correspondence courses on Black History in various disciplines. The courses were directed toward people who had learned little about this history during their school years.