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• African-American history retold
  Eva M. Doyle has long been keeping an eye on the rich and vibrant African-American history of Western New York—and the world. For 33 years, she has written a weekly column about the subject, never once missing a week.
• A GOOD READ: North American black history is offered in detail in books
  Black History Month (or African-American History Month) is a good time to read about the history of the civil rights movement.
• Dylan’s jacket, worn at a watershed event in music history, added to American History museum exhibit.
  The debate over Bob Dylan’s 1965 Newport Folk Festival set — yes, that appearance, the one with an electric guitar that was considered a watershed in music history — will probably be rekindled this spring at the National Museum of American History. Read full article >>
• Dobler: Books celebrate African-American history
  February is African-American History Month, and these books from award-winning authors and illustrators promote cultural appreciation and understanding. "Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom," by Shane W.
• USM hiring new professor for African-American history and political science position
  The departments of history and political science at the University of Southern Maine are in the process of searching for a new professor specializing in African-American history following a five-year absence of any faculty position specifically ...
• Experience Black History Month With the "Living Historians" of the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers on Feb. 18th...
  Members of the Arizona Memorial 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers will be on hand to meet and greet visitors and answer questions about this important part of Arizona history from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• A Century of Latin American Photography, in Paris
  FOTO/GRÁFICA, an exhibition at Le Bal in Paris, surveys a century of Latin American history through photography books, spotlighting forgotten works as well as those that never made it beyond limited circles.
• Black History Month: African American political oratory
  Documentarians Stephen Smith and Kate Ellis present and discuss short speeches by Mary McLeod Bethune, Dick Gregory, Malcolm X, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lorraine Hansberry.
• Marc Lamont Hill: Make Black History Month a guidepost for year-round
  It's Black History Month, a celebration that began in 1926 as "Negro History Week" and has morphed into a widely recognized and celebrated part of American culture. As a result, schools all around Philadelphia, and in most parts of the country not named Arizona, will pay particular attention to the lives, triumphs and contributions of black people in America.
• 'Freedom is Coming' CD celebrates African-American History Month
  Concert was sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park