2007 Black History Month Guide

Pittsburgh Courier Images

"Pittsburgh Courier Images" is a Citiparks-hosted exhibit of 80 photographs from the Courier that will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Feb. 28 in the City-County Building lobby, Downtown. In this photo from the exhibit, Thurgood Marshall Jr. was christened at Saint Phillip Protestant Episcopal church in New York City. Holding the infant is one of the godmothers, Mrs. Daisy Lampkin, of Pittsburgh. 2007 Black History Month articles Black History Month Events Guide Black History Month TV specials AP Black History Month interactive My Generation Book Club: Celebrating Black History Soft-spoken pioneer was city's first black female principal My Generation Book Club: Author Q&A: Jacqueline Woodson Black History Month events: Week of Feb. 5 Black History Month destinations beckon NFL makes black history: Two black coaches in the Super Bowl and one in Pittsburgh 2006 Black History Month articles Foundation funded by blacks is poised to make a difference Photos displayed in City-County Building for Black History Month She recalls civil rights struggles in Alabama Coretta Scott King's book awards make a difference Black History Month: City's well-off assisted black orphans in 1880 2005 Black History Month articles History of slavery tells neglected stories Historic sites trace Underground Railroad's route to freedom Travel: Get schooled on civil rights at Little Rock Central High 2004 Black History Month articles   Country's first African-American forester was part of state class Documentary examines the many roles of actress Beah Richards African-American cultural center plan moves ahead Forum: A Black History Month valentine Stage Review: 'Buffalo Soldiers' revisits historic time "K. Leroy Irvis: The Lion of Pennsylvania" 'Community' is basis of Steel Valley exhibit Tony Norman: Black History Month has gone star-struck TV series assesses status of black America Chuck Cooper: The Pioneer Spirit Citizens Bank will sponsor King essay contest Rosa Parks after her arrest  in 1955. (AP Photo) 2003 Black History Month articles

Growing with Phipps: Carver's agricultural revolutions began with a peanut

2002 Black History Month articles

Against all odds, Pullman porters formed a union
Strong readings elevate wide-ranging stories of the black experience
The buried history of slavery
Langston's Legacy: The influence of the poet at the forefront of the Harlem Renaissance lives on today
Tony Norman: 'Roots' still a powerful statement 25 years later
Editorial: King the radical / The mainstream didn't always embrace equality
King's sermons reflected his religious fervor

Black history lessons -- Bringing a global experience to the classroom
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
Country music's blacklist -- Black artists still struggling to get a foot in the door
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

Filmmaker Micheaux countered stereotypes of black America
Hot month for history - PG columnist Tony Norman

Arthursville abolitionists ran Underground Railroad through Pittsburgh
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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Black History Month Links

African-American Mosaic - A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture African American Odyssey African American Perspectives African-American Women On-line Archival Collections -- Special Collections Library, Duke University African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown University America's Journey through Slavery Amistad Links Beginning Library Research on African American Studies Biography.com's Black History Month Black History Month Free Resources Black History in New Hampshire Black History Month at Infoplease Black History Month: Time for Kids Black History: National Civil Rights Museum Black Inventor Online Museum Black Facts Online Breaking Racial Barriers Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Census Facts on the Black/African American Population (.pdf) From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 Gateway to African American History Greensboro Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement Masachusetts Hall of Black Achievement Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself

August Wilson: PG Archives Internet African American History Challenge Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia Kids Domain: Black History Martin Luther King Jr. papers project at Stanford UniversityMartin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement Mathematicians of the African Diaspora Mississippi River of SongMoments in Black History: 365 Days of African American History NAACP National Civil Rights Museum National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Negro League Baseball Oldest black church Preschool Black History Theme Activities for Teachers African American Heroes: The proud tradition of military achievements, valor and leadership Salute to Pioneering Cartoonists of Color The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925 The King Center Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Urban League