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Motown at the White House [LIVE STREAM]

As a part of Black History Month, President Barack Obama welcomed an all-star lineup of Motown musicians to the White House today. The president said the Motown legacy was that the label's music helped bring America together. Hosted by Jamie Foxx, and featuring such noted performers as Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder,...

Opinion: An Intricate Part of the Whole

Say how ya doing Outside world? Do you remember me? I'm that intricate part Missing from the whole The one y'all decided to forget ... Coties Perry wrote these words 25 years ago at San Quentin. For more than three decades, I've shared poetry in public schools and state prisons, and because the youngsters and...

Motivational Speaker to Celebrate Black History Month With Troops in Europe

Dr. Nathaniel J. Williams picked an interesting occasion for his first trip overseas: Black History Month. The African-American motivational speaker and author is 46 but has never left the United States. That will change Feb. 15 when Williams leaves for a three-week trip to military bases in Europe and the Mediterranean...

Black History Month 2011: Facts on the Annual Celebration

Today marks the start of Black History Month, when African-American history is celebrated in the classroom, on television and in daily life. One of the running good-natured jokes about Black History Month is that it just so happens to be celebrated in February -- the shortest month of the year. How did February become...

Walter Payton's Legacy Still Lingers

Black History Month has been celebrated in some form since 1924. For sports fans, it is a chance to reacquaint themselves with those who broke down barriers in all areas of competition and all segments of society. Many are now household names and American icons: Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Wilma Rudolph,...

Background on Black History Month

Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.

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