Do We Really Need Black History Month Anymore?

Poet E. Ethelbert Miller reflects on Black History Month and gives listeners a pop quiz. Miller is a regular contributor to Weekend Edition and is director of the African-American Resources Center at Howard University in Washington, D.C. [3 min 1 sec] Full Story »

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Sally Lehrman
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by Sally Lehrman - Feb. 28, 2009

Miller takes on an important issue, but I'd like to hear more about just what we're missing by ignoring black history most of the time. This piece does a nice job awakening listeners to the issue, but doesn't compel us to work harder to learn the black chords of American history.

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