News and Views: New Web Site Would Transform Black History Month Into a Year-Round Effort

From: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education | Date: April 30, 2000 | Copyright information

News and Views: New Web Site Would Transform Black History Month Into a Year-Round Effort

Commenting on Black History Month, comedian Dick Gregory once said, "Wouldn't you know that when they got around to giving us a month, it would be the month of February with all them days missing." Gregory's opinion is not off target. Black History Month, in the opinion of many, is simply a guilt-driven public relations scam to pacify blacks who otherwise receive no attention on the bread and butter issues of education, jobs, and health care.

Black History Month was founded in 1926 as Negro History Week ...

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