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Black History Month: The Past And

I grew up in rural east Texas during the late 1940s through 1962; a time when education for people of...

Will Black Artists Of Today Transform

Each February, when I think of Black History Month, I think of the black artists who have contributed to...

How My Father's Roots Helped Me Find

I do not know as much about my family as I would like. My father, Saunders Samuel King, was born in...

Tracing My Black and Native American

by Jewelle Gomez Feb 26th 2011 6:18PM

Gracias Archelina Sportsman Morandus, my great-grandmother, was the reason I wrote a vampire novel. Born in 1883 to an Ioway Indian horse trainer and an African-American New...

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Black History Month Moment: Actor Noah

by Karu F. Daniels Feb 25th 2011 12:00PM

In honor of Black History Month, BlackVoices.com took to the red carpet during this year's annual 'BET Honors.' We caught up with some of your favorite icons and asked them...

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To Be Young, Biracial And Absolutely

by Kirsten Imani Kasai Feb 25th 2011 10:19AM

"Do you even have a black identity?" asked my husband, a black man, and my friend, a white woman, when they heard I was writing an article for BlackVoices.com. It was my...

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Black History Month Moment: Singer Ne-Yo

by Karu F. Daniels Feb 25th 2011 6:00AM

In honor of Black History Month, BlackVoices.com took to the red carpet during this year's annual 'BET Honors.' We caught up with some of your favorite icons and asked them...

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Black History Month Moment: Washington

by Karu F. Daniels Feb 24th 2011 12:00PM

In honor of Black History Month, BlackVoices.com took to the red carpet during this year's annual 'BET Honors.' We caught up with some of your favorite icons and asked them...

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Black History Month Moment: TV

by Karu F. Daniels Feb 24th 2011 6:00AM

In honor of Black History Month, BlackVoices.com took to the red carpet during this year's annual 'BET Honors.' We caught up with some of your favorite icons and asked...

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Black History Month 2011: Why Black

by Alice Randall Feb 24th 2011 4:18AM

Bedtime stories are complicated for black families. Take Addy. I will never forget page 23 of 'Meet Addy: An American Girl.' Addy is forced, by an overseerer with a whip in...

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