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REVOLUTIONS come in different shapes, sizes and colors. Some come shouting, with trumpets blaring, drums beating, and multitudes marching. Some come silently, with whispers in the Soul, with 1 woman [...]

SILENTLY, stealthily, with revolver cocked, she slipped across the Mason-Dixon line and headed for a rendezvous point behind enemy lines. * From time to time, she froze in her tracks, [...]

THE ringside gong sounded, shushing the crowd. It was 2:45 p.m. on July 4, 1910, in Reno, Nevada, and the fight of the century was about to begin. In the [...]

The Black college tradition has produced a long line of great educators--Mary McLeod Bethune, John Hope, Mordecai Johnson, Charlotte Hawkins Brown--who transformed lives and environments by teaching letters, life and [...]

This was going to be a day to remember. But nothing--neither the weather, nor the headlines, nor the stars of the preceding night foretold the magnitude of the changes the [...]

IT was the beginning of something, and the ending of something. It came 100 years and 240 days after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. It came like a force [...]

IT'S no secret. Everybody knows the story of the Blacks and the birds and the bees. That story or, to be more precise, that myth--the myth of a never-never land [...]

In the movie Barbershop, one of the main characters said: 'Rosa Parks didn't do nothin' but sit on her Black--.' The movie triggered a national controversy which indicated, among other [...]

This Christmas classic is reprinted as a reminder of the close connection between the spirit of Christmas and the spirit of Black liberation. Reprinted by permission from Great Moments in [...]

SOME are household names who turn up every year and who are still mysteries in broad open daylight. Some made their big breakthrough for the first time in 2002. Some [...]

'Goin' to Chicago, Sorry I can't take you.' --Basie's Bad Boys, 1939 OPRAH lives here and Michael and Jesse and Minister Farrakhan. This is the headquarters of EBONY, Jet, PUSH, [...]

FORTY Septembers ago, when the blue chips were down, the converging forces of the age fused in one Black woman and nine Black children. The names of the Nine--Thelma Mothershed [...]

A common impression to the contrary notwithstanding, Black businessmen made major gains in the post-Civil War period, establishing major firms and moving to positions of dominance in several industries, including [...]

This Christmas classic is reprinted annually to remind us of the close connection between the spirit of Christmas and the spirit of Black liberation. Reprinted by permission from Great Moments [...]

More than 1,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the first stage of a national effort to erect a long-overdue national effort to the Black Union soldiers without whose [...]

`YES-SAY!' 'YES-SAY!' 'Yes-say OV-ENS!' The chant came in heavy German accents from almost 100,000 throats. Like the roar of thunder, like the rushing sound of mighty waters, it rolled over [...]

One thing they cannot prohibit--The strong men...coming on The strong men gittin' stronger. Strong men.... Stronger.... All night long, the strong men kept coming on, laying siege to the Capitol [...]

OVER. It was, at long last, over and done with. How could anyone doubt it? How could anyone fail to see that the race problem in the United States had [...]

IN August, when the shadows are long on the land and even the air oppresses, the furies of fate hang in the balance in Black America. It was in August, [...]

She came out of the night, silently, stealthily, mysteriously. Nobody knows how she came or when she came. But suddenly, inexplicably, she was there, on the edge of the slave [...]

When, in 1943, in the midst of the second war 'to make the world safe for democracy,' William Henry Hastie took the unprecedented step of resigning as civilian aide to [...]

It was a ritual, Nelson Mandela standing on a platform shouting, 'i-Afrika!' and the people, 100,000 strong, responding in one voice, 'Mayibuye! [Let it come back!]' It came back, i-Afrika, [...]

NO OTHER single event dug so deep into world consciousness until the Lindbergh flight 17 years later. More reporters covered it than covered the Russo-Japanese War, and it recieved more [...]

HOW could they have been misread? They lived and died on TV, and anybody with a tape player or a VCR can call them back and look at them and [...]

I AM a whole theater in myself' Mary Ellen Pleasant was speaking. She was giving notice, on the eve of battle, that she was not to be understood or defeated [...]

SOME of the names command instant recognition. Others may not be widely known but are legendary figures to specialists. Some died at the height of their fame. Others died in [...]

IN PROPAGANDA against the Negro since emancipation in this land,' W.E.B. Du Bois said, 'we face one of the most stupendous efforts the world ever saw to discredit human beings, [...]

Celebrating Black Male Excellence FOUNDED on the edge of slavery, tempered and toughened by the struggle against segregation, and immortalized by a long line of distinguished graduates, including Martin Luther [...]

BEFORE confronting us as a spectacle or a celebration, Black history is a challenge and a call. Somebody's callin' my name. Hush, hush, Somebody's callin' my name. To understand Black [...]

The 10 Biggest Myths About The Black Family IN PROPAGANDA against the Negro since emancipation in this land,' W.E.B. Du Bois said, 'we face one of the most stupendous efforts [...]

SAMMY DAVIS JR. 1925-1990 GEORGE Burns said 'a phenomenon like him' comes along once in a lifetime. Milton Berle called him 'the world's greatest entertainer.' Little Richard said he was [...]

MEN are defined by acts and walls. They are defined by what they find by what they do when they find themselves, alone and unprotected, with their backs to the [...]

SANTAYANA would have loved this brawl. For the NAACP's current crisis is rooted in history--and success. Contrary to current news reports and the instant analyses of men and women who [...]

Inaugurating The Future WHEN, a hundred years from today, historians set down the true history of our times, they will probably say that the Civil War ended not in April [...]

Robert Smalls sailed Confederate ship out of Charleston harbor HISTORIAN Benjamin, Quarles said the feat was 'unparalleled in audacity.' A contemporary reporter said it was 'one of the most daring [...]

New Book Says Most Famous Act In American History Never Happened THE presidential campaign of 1860 was over, and the victor was stretching his legs and shaking off the cares [...]

FOR a thousand years, they've been preaching the Brother's funeral--and for a thousand years, he's been hangin', giving us Ellingtons and Mandelas and Kings. For a thousand years, he's been [...]

SOME of the names command instant recognition. Others on the list may not be widely known but are legendary figures to specialists in the field. Some died at the height [...]

The 10 Biggest Myths About The Black Family IN PROPAGANDA against the Negro since emancipation in this land,' W.E.B. Du Bois said, 'we face one of the most stupendous efforts [...]

The Second Time Around OVER. It was, at long last, over and done with. How could anyone doubt it? How could anyone fail to see that the race problem had [...]

One of the most inspiring and instructive stories in Black history is the story of how Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History, saved himself for the history he [...]

Focuses on the influence of the "Ebony" magazine on African Americans' perceptions and practices since its inception in 1945. Historical background of the magazine; Establishment of the Black Consumer Market; Efforts of the periodical to address issues related to African Americans; Ability of the magazine to publicize African freedom by covering major symbols of African independence in the 20th century.

Pays tribute to the late John H. Johnson, founder of Johns Publishing Company.

Reprints the article "Benjamin E. Mays: The Last of the Great Schoolmasters," by Lerone Bennett, which appeared in the October 1994 issue of the periodical "Ebony." Career background of Mays; Various roles performed; Personal background.

Presents an excerpt from the book 'Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America,' by Lerone Bennett, Jr.

Discusses the love tradition among Africans and Afro-Americans. Myths about love among Africans; History of Africans; Information on slave marriages.

Presents a story which reminds of the close connection between the spirit of Christmas and the spirit of the liberation of Afro-Americans reprinted from 'Great Moments in Black History,' by Lerone Bennett Jr..

Describes Chicago, Illinois as the center of Afro-American life and culture. List of successful Afro-Americans from Chicago; Role of Chicago founder Jean Baptise Pointe DuSable in the integration of the Afro-Americans with other races in Chicago; Characteristics of Afro-American Chicagoans; Problems faced by Afro-American Chicagoans.

Presents true facts that explain the distorted and massive propaganda campaign based on powerful myths and lies about African-American history. Myth of the notion of primitive African and the Dark Continent; Fable of original slavery; Contributions of Black pioneers to the economic development of the United States; Aim of the emancipation proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln.