2008 Black History Month Guide
 

TELLING OUR STORIES -- As part of Citiparks' celebration of Black History Month, "Telling Our Stories," with photographs, posters, costumes, props and set pieces from four shows by Pitt's Kuntu Theatre, will be in the lobby of the City-County Building, 414 Grant St., Downtown, Feb. 6-29, weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 
 

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Children's Corner: A look at Coretta Scott King Book Award winners
Sunday Forum: Strip mining the past
Homestead reclaims Maxine Sullivan
Franklin Park to sponsor Black History Month program
New book: Tour of U.S. civil rights trail
Local native made at-risk children his career
Stage Review: 'Freeman' celebrates black history
Spotlight is on Kuntu Theatre
The Tuskegee conundrum
In this video, Post-Gazette reporter Tia Ewing previews a WQED documentary on the Tuskegee Airmen.
Seen: The Return of the Fly Boys
PBS special traces lineage of more African Americans
California University's Black History Month celebration expands
Tony Norman: Checking in with Martin L. King at 79

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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 destinations beckon
NFL makes black history: Two black coaches in the Super Bowl and one in Pittsburgh

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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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