Fifty years later, that observance evolved into Black History Month, forever changing how America acknowledges the contributions of African Americans. Through his scholarship, publishing, and founding of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, he insisted that Black history was not a separate history—it was American history. Omega Psi Phi has long encouraged civic engagement not as a partisan exercise, but as an expression of responsible citizenship. Every election becomes another chapter in the history Woodson urged us to preserve. Today, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. reminds us that history also belongs to those willing to live it.