Black History Month still relevant for U.S.

With the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, those who already viewed Black History Month as outdated and worthy of extinction have seized this period of racial optimism to call for the elimination of the 28-day commemoration.

Leading columnists from major newspapers in recent weeks have been pressing for the end of Black History Month, which is the legacy of historian Carter G. Woodson, who created Negro History ... Full Story »