Black History Month is celebrated annually in the United States in February, to commemorate the history of the African diaspora. For this occasion, Wikipedians worked together to honor black history and to address Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps in the encyclopedia, hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons throughout the United States, from February 1 to 28, 2015.

Black WikiHistory Month edit-a-thons include:

• Edit-a-thon at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem
• AfroCROWD Edit-a-thon at the Brooklyn Public Library
• Events at Howard University in Washington D.C.
• First STEM Heroes Edit-a-thon at the White House in Washington D.C.
• Edit-a-thon at NPR Central headquarters in Washington D.C.
• Events at SUNY Purchase and Nashville

These events received wide press coverage from diverse news sources, including: