"The words "civil rights' summon up memories and images in modern minds of grainy television footage of packed mass meetings, firehoses and police dogs, of early 1960s peaceful protestors replaced over time by violent rioters, of soul-stirring oratory...

The Negro History Week Movement took hold immediately. At first it was celebrated almost exclusively by African Americans, taking place outside of the view of the wider society. Increasingly, however, mayors and governors, especially in the North, began...

Philadelphia Tribune, The 01-31-1997 Black History Month?. Black History Month has become as American as chili dogs and antacid, as traditional as Thanksgiving dinner and as festive as the annual Mardi Gras. But the reality is, Black History Month is America's...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most important events in American and civil rights history-the integration of schools in Little Rock, Ark. In September 1957, three years after the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision officially ended...

Black History Month: Come February, the now-familiar observance seems to inspire ever more _ and ever more random _ celebrations.The players are both big and small. Multinational corporations mount billboard campaigns, while community centers hold fashion shows and tourist spots highlight their connection to black...

Jay-Z looked quite proud of his girl, even standing to his feet at one point to applaud her fabulous pipes, and perhaps three equally excellent costume changes and enough diamonds dangling from her ears and neck to blind us watching at home.Academy Award host Chris...