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Black History Month edges into the mainstream

Current events:

King's memory celebrated with words, deeds -- January 18, 1999

Magazine releases list of top colleges for African Americans -- December 8, 1998

The cost of ignoring Jackie Robinson's rule could have kept Espy from trouble (TIME) -- December 7, 1998

Black voting rumor surfaces on Web -- December 2, 1998

Apartheid indictment finds fault on all sides -- October 29, 1998

Civil rights movement struggling to keep up momentum -- April 4, 1998

Art and culture:

'Slaves in the Family' - A warrior in scholar's clothing -- January 28, 1999

Books and tapes put focus on Martin Luther King Jr. -- January 18, 1999

A child's-eye view of racism in 'Any Day Now' -- August 25, 1998

'African American Art: The Long Struggle' -- September 4, 1998

Detroit college promotes African-American men as educators -- October 13, 1998

1998 Obituaries:

Former Black Panther Stokely Carmichael dies at 57-- November 15, 1998

Former Los Angeles mayor Bradley dead at 80 -- September 29, 1998

'He was a symbol': Eldridge Cleaver dies at 62 -- May 1, 1998

Military recognition:

U.S. celebrates 50 years of integrated military -- July 24, 1998

African-American WWII vets receive overdue honors -- July 23, 1998

Monument honors black Civil War soldiers -- July 18, 1998