Entries from February 2009

February 17, 2009

Black History Month–Do we need it?

In the wake of the inauguration of the first Black president of the United States, Black History Month has taken on new vitality.   In the February swirl of Presidents’ Day, Valentines, and the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, higher than average attention is tuned in this year to the Black History Month offerings  of [...]