PA SR21

Designates February 2025 as "Black History Month" in Pennsylvania through Senate Resolution 21, introduced and adopted on February 5, 2025

Honors Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, who founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915 and established "Negro History Week" on February 7, 1926

Notes that President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976 as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration

Features "African Americans and Labor" as the 2025 theme, as established by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)

Acknowledges contributions of African Americans as scientists, inventors, legislators, farmers, educators, and explorers throughout Pennsylvania's history