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Events Calendar
- What's on T.V. During Black History Month
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- 2/16 12:00pm ET/PT on TV One- MLK: A Dream Deferred
- 2/17- 12:00 p.m. ET/PT on BET and 6:00 p.m. ET/PT on BET J-HISTORY MAKERS: Faith
- 2/17- 1:00 p.m. ET/PT on BET BLACKBUSTER MOVIE PREMIERE: Love on Layaway
- 2/17 10:00 pm ET/PT on TV One- Ebony Fashion Fair: 50 Years of Style
- 2/18- 10:00 a.m. ET/PT on BET J-Masters of American Music- Blues land: A Portrait in American Music
- 2/24- 1:00 p.m. ET/PT on WETA 26 Independent Lens: Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton
- 2/27- 4:00 a.m. ET/PT on A&E Classroom: ?Arthur Ashe?
- 2/27- 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on WETA Independent Lens: Banished
- 2/28- 4:00am ET/PT on A&E Classroom hosted by Senator Barack Obama: Crucibles of Courage
- 2/28- 4:00am ET/PT on A&E Classroom: Harlem Globetrotters
- Alabama
- Montgomery: 2/1- Black Heritage Tours
- Troy- 2/1- African American Leadership Conference
- Monroeville: 2/16- Annual Black History Program
- Arkansas
- Little Rock: 2/1- Black History Month
- Hot Springs National Park: 2/2- Moving Forward, Our Future & Beyond
- North Little Rock: 2/14- Black History Lecture
- North Little Rock: 1/18-5/18-The Long Struggle: Presidential Actions and African American Civil Rights Exhibit
- California
- San Diego: 2/2- San Diego Brazil Carnival
- Los Angeles: 2/8- Black History Month Celebration- John and Alice Coltrane Tribute Concert
- Los Angeles: 2/12- We Shall Overcome Explanatory Performance Through Music
- Los Angeles: 2/12- About Africa, With Paul Tracey Lecture, Demonstration
- Los Angeles: Through 3/9- Oprah Winfrey's 'The Color Purple' US Tour
- Palm Springs: 2/13- Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit
- Santa Ana: 2/24- African Family Festival
- Florida
- Orlando: 2/2- 50th Annual Ebony Fashion Fair Show
- Gainsville: 2/2- Ladysmith Black Mambazo Performance
- Fort Lauderdale- Davie: 2/3- Black History Month Film Marathon
- Tampa: 2/3- 50th Annual Ebony Fashion Fair Show
- Tampa: 2/6- Black History Month Kickoff- Soul Day @ Univ. of S. Florida (Free food for students)
- Fort Lauderdale: 2/6- 50th Annual Ebony Fashion Fair Show
- Jacksonville: 2/6/08-2/10- UniverSoul Circus
- Tampa: 2/9- Black History Month Gospelfest
- Fort Lauderdale- Davie: 2/10- Cultural Explosion Celebrating Black History through the Arts (Poetry & Performance)
- Fort Lauderdale- Davie: 2/15- The Strength of Black Families Film Festival
- Boca Raton: 2/23- Roots of Classical Music: Tribute to Black History Month
- Fort Lauderdale- Davie: 2/24- Step Africa Performance
- Saint Petersburg: 2/ 24- Black History Pageant 30th Annual Production (Tribute to Peggy Peterman)
- Georgia
- Savannah: 2/1- UniverSoul Circus
- Atlanta: 2/4- Homeschool Day: Courage: The Vision to End Segregation, the Guts to Fight for It (Exhibit)"
- Atlanta: 2-5- Black History through Storytellin' with Sister Yomi
- Savannah: 2/8- 50th Annual Ebony Fashion Fair Show
- Atlanta: 2/9- 2/12- Bronner Brothers Hair Show
- Atlanta: 2/13- UniverSoul Circus
- Atlanta: 2/17- 50th Annual Ebony Fashion Fair Show
- College Park: 2/22- Workshop panel: ?Packaging Your Purpose?
- Atlanta: 2/22- Tied To Greatness Atlanta
- Lithonia: 2/23- Alex Ellis's Workshop for youth- Tied to Greatness
- Atlanta: 2/23- Alex Ellis's book signing for Tied to Greatness
- Illinois
- Chicago: 2/4- Black History Exhibit
- Chicago: 2/23-Umoja Celebration
- Chicago: 2/24- Black History Month Event
- Chicago- Now until 3/1- Black Creativity Exhibit @ Museum of Science & Indudtry
- Louisiana
- New Orleans: 2/14- 2/17- NBA All Star Jam Session
- New Orleans: 2/23- State of Black Union 2008
- Maryland
- Baltimore: Black History Month Calendar of Events
- Baltimore: Blacks in Wax Museum, Black History Month Events
- Silver Spring: 2/2-2/29- Spirit Voices, Celebrating Black History Month
- Montgomery County: 2/9, 2/16 Authors Discuss Upcoming Novels
- North Bethesda: 2/19- Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour
- Springdale: 2/29- Tied To Greatness Baltimore
- Michigan
- Detroit: 2/1- Celebrate Black History! (Music, Drama, Participation)
- Southfield: 2/6- Exploring Africa in Southfield
- Southfield: 2/23- Black History Month (Film)
- Mississippi
- Kossuth: 2/1- Alcorn County Welcome Center - Black History Month Exhibit
- Holy Springs: 2/1 - 2/28- African American History Month Celebration (Activities, Events)
- Missouri
- 2/1- 2/29- Black History Heritage Month at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Various Events)
- 2/9- Lift Every Voice: Black History Month Celebration - Gospel Mass
- 2/26- Black History Month Celebration - History & Music
- 2/28- Do we still need Black History Month? - Discussion
- New York
- New York: 2/1- Tied To Greatness New York
- Manhattan: 2/2- Alex Ellis NYC Book signing
- New York: 2/2- Black History Month Celebrated at Music Memorabilia Show
- New York: 2/7- Black History and the N-word
- New York City: 2/12- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- New York: 2/14-2/17- National Black Fine Art Show
- New York: 2/22- Heineken New Legends Concert Series- The Roots at the Apollo
- New York: 2/23- Black History Poetry Contest
- North Carolina
- Spencer: 2/1 - 2/28- Black History Month Tours
- Smithfield: 2/1 - 2/28 Black History Exhibition
- Smithfield: 2/2 - 2/29 Celebrating Black History Month Exhibit
- Mt. Airy: 2/23- 2008 African American Heritage parade: Black History Month Celebration
- Smithfield: 2/23- Gospel/Art fest 2008
- Winston-Salem: 2/24- Phenomenal Women of the Arts
- Ohio
- Cleveland: 2/8- Chris Rock LIVE!
- Cleveland: 2/9- 'Birds of a Feather' Play Based on Bus Boycott of the '60's
- Cleveland: 2/9- Black Deaf Advocates Meeting
- Cleveland: 2/13- Celebration of African American Poetry
- Cleveland: 2/24- Young Leaders telling Old Stories
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia: 2/8- Tied To Greatness Philadelphia
- Philadelphia: 2/9- Alex Ellis Image Workshop
- Doylestown: 2/12-The Black Soldier in the Civil War at the Mercer Museum
- 2/19- The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts- Long Walk to Freedom Concert
- Philadelphia: 2/29- Events @ African American Museum
- South Carolina
- Hilton Head: 2/1-2/29- Gullah Celebration
- Tennessee
- Memphis: 2/1- Black History Month (National Civil Rights Museum)
- Memphis: Now Until 4/30- Otis Redding: From Macon to Memphis
- Texas
- Houston: 2/1- Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
- Houston: 2/2- Freedom Train - Celebration Set to Music
- Dallas: 2/2- 4th Annual Weekend of Black Dance (Classes)
- Dallas: 2/2- Reception for the Forgotten Solider sponsored by IBAC
- Dallas: 2/6- The MLK Library presents: Salute to Black Women of Distinction: Past and Present
- Dallas: 2/9- 9th Annual Black College Alumni Night
- Houston: 2/13- From Africa to America: Black History Month Crafts
- Dallas: 2/15-2/16- Dallas Black Dance Theatre presents Cultural Awareness Series
- Washington, DC
- 2/1-2/28 Black History Month Events @ Smithsonian Museum
- 2/6-"Between Slavery and Freedom: Free People of Color and the Coming of the Civil War.
- 2/9-African American Pioneers in Aviation Family Day
- 2/11-Smithsonian Anacostia Museum celebrates African-American history
- 2/15- Dominique Dawes at 22nd Annual Black History Invitational Swim Meet
- 2/19-2/24- Kennedy Center: Alvin Ailey Anerican Dance Theater
- 2/27- Tuskegee Airmen's Congressional Medal of Honor Ask an Expert
- Now until 3/1- National Portrait Gallery
Top Black History Discussions
Words of Wisdom
George Burn, AP
Oprah Winfrey
"A person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."
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Coretta Scott King
"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated."
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Michael Jordan
"I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish. "
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Barack Obama
"The issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues."
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Martin Luther King Jr.
"I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land ..." King's final speach, April 3, 1968.