By Janet Singleton
Canada too, the modest parallel universe above the United States, celebrated Black History Month in February. But that may surprise people who assume Canada is white and untouched by slavery.

By TaRessa Stovall
Like an embattled boxer returning to the ring, the question of whether the nation’s first black biracial president will pardon the first black heavyweight champion for the crime of interracial dating is back for another round.

By Lee A. Daniels
Determined not to let morality or the truth stand in the way of a Big Lie, the Sons of Confederate Veterans are continuing their celebration of the founding of the doomed, treasonous Confederacy 150 years ago.

By David Levering Lewis
An eminent historian maintains there would be no Obama presidency without the Du Bois legacy.

By Stacey Patton
Washington whipped his slaves, threatened to sell them to the West Indies where slaves were often worked to death on sugar plantations, and he had they teeth pulled from their heads to give him comfort.

By Lee A. Daniels
A new book published last month reminds us that the power of “new media” to support democratic change isn’t new.

By Arsalan Iftikhar
I’m Arsalan Iftikhar, a civil rights attorney and frequent contributor to Tell Me More’s Barbershop segment. The black history figure who has always been a hero of mine is Thurgood Marshall.

By Lee A. Daniels
How is it possible to discuss the multiple challenges to autocracy and repression elsewhere during the last half century without at least mentioning the one that had to be waged right here in “the land of the free?”

By George Alexander
I say we start celebrating Black History every day. If there’s ever a good time to feed your mind a little Black History every single day of the week, it’s now.

By Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
The unprecedented election of President Barack Obama has provided a dramatic spotlight on the issues of race in America. One aspect of significance is that it represents an important step in the process of racial integration in our nation. His election was the result of the collective decisions by a multi racial and multi ethnic electorate. Both as a U.S. Senator from Illinois and as President, Obama has been what might be called an “Integrative Black Pioneer.”