Black History Month /tags/black-history-month Black History Month en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:01:00 GMT Austin photographer challenges stereotypes of Black women through library exhibit /austin/2024-02-22/austin-photographer-challenges-stereotypes-of-black-women-through-library-exhibit Leta Harrison's show, "Black Girls Don't Wear Red Lipstick," features empowered women in diverse spaces, clothing and colors. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-02-22/austin-photographer-challenges-stereotypes-of-black-women-through-library-exhibit Ren Leija UT Austin Scholar: Black History Month Is More Important Than Ever For American Democracy /politics/2021-02-26/ut-austin-scholar-black-history-month-is-more-important-than-ever-for-american-democracy "This is not a history about what happened to them over there in Tulsa or Juneteenth or the civil rights movement," says professor and historian Peniel Joseph. "This is our history." Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:09:37 GMT /politics/2021-02-26/ut-austin-scholar-black-history-month-is-more-important-than-ever-for-american-democracy Jennifer Stayton New History Of The United States Focuses On 'Triumph And Great, Great Tragedy' Of Black Women /life-arts/2020-02-21/new-history-of-the-united-states-focuses-on-triumph-and-great-great-tragedy-of-black-women Maria Stewart, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Belinda Sutton, Aurelia Shines. These people may not be familiar, but two historians hope they will soon becomeā€� Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:37:32 GMT /life-arts/2020-02-21/new-history-of-the-united-states-focuses-on-triumph-and-great-great-tragedy-of-black-women Jennifer Stayton