Nevada Rise Academy celebrates Black History Month with a Block Party that empowers students, showcases their talents, and promotes diversity through performing arts.

This week, we're kicking off Black History Month with several ways to celebrate, from dance parties to museum exhibitions.

Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach people about African-American history and the contributions of Black people.