Post-gazette.com's Black History Month
page will serve as an archive for Black History Month articles published in the
Post-Gazette during February 2001, plus articles published in February 2000 and February
1999.
There are also schedules of Pittsburgh area events, updated weekly, TV listings and
Internet links.
Black History Month Guide
 Calendar of Events
TV Specials
A History of February
Black History Month articles, 2001
Black history
lessons -- Bringing a global experience to the classroom
King Award
-- Winners appeal to wide range of readers, races
The
Great Migration -- Senior citizens remember the mass exodus of Southern blacks to
Northern cities in the early to mid-20th century
Local activists --
They worked to integrate Sully's Pool in South Park
Mt. Lebanon's past --
The practice of not selling homes to minorities is highlighted by Muhammad Ali's effort to
buy in Virginia Manor
Homestead honor --
Mayor hopes to rename High-Level Bridge after Grays
Country
music's blacklist -- Black artists
still struggling to get a foot in the door
Song of history --
Students get historical musical lesson
Carnegie Exhibit
-- Bringing African cultures and history to life
They Overcame -- Smithsonian exhibit evokes the fervor and hope of a
remarkable era
Black History's
caretaker -- An East Liverpool, Ohio, woman has spent years chronicling a culture's
contributions
Asserting her
ancestry -- A Washington
resident says she's the great-great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sally
Hemings
Black Films
-- Pittsburghers name favorite movies to mark Black History Month
'Bojangles' -- A TV review of
the Showtime special on tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, starring Gregory
Hines.
Kids' Corner 2001 articles
Kids'
Corner 2000 articles
Kids' Corner 1999 articles
Black History Month articles, 2000
Black Catholics in America hope for saint of their own
Shadyside author's
children's books open window on black family bonds
Filmmaker Micheaux
countered stereotypes of black America
Hot month for history - PG
columnist Tony Norman
Black History Month articles, 1999
Arthursville
abolitionists ran Underground Railroad through Pittsburgh
Ailey
tribute celebrates choreographer's legacy
PSO
timpanist drums out call for education
A
child’s garden of African-American stories
Camp
founder Alma Illery wouldn't take no for an answer
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