AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH SONG: Braxton Shelley, a senior at Garner Magnet High School, will discuss the history of African-American music and perform selections that were popular during different periods of history.

A drive to succeed kept Rhonda McLean focused amid the turmoil of the '60s.

As blacks spent hundreds of years trying to integrate social and political institutions in the United States, many milestones were passed. Test your knowledge of some integration issues in this week's Black History Month quiz.

Triangle Briefs: An Evening of Jazz and Dinner, part of Wake Technical Community College's celebration of Black History Month, takes place at 7 tonight at the college's main campus.

ONLINE: In the class, African-American History and Culture on the Internet, participants will learn how to research and study African-American history and culture online.

February is Black History Month, and people throughout the Triangle are remembering the past this weekend with readings, films and speeches.

CELEBRATION: "REACH Black History" is a celebration of black history through dance, literature, theater, fashion and more presented by the St. Mary's School Drama and Global Unity clubs. REACH Black History is an acronym created by a St. Ma

Events in the Triangle

The FBI is expected to announce today that its civil rights unit will examine some of the casualties of race battles waged in the South through the 1950s and 1960s.

The goal at Selma Middle School this February: to make Black History Month come alive.

Children's Books:I couldn't have written this column when I began reviewing children's books a quarter century ago. That was before Black History Month became a widely recognized event.

It's 2007 and African-Americans are still making historic strides. This has been a year of firsts. But we can't tell you what they are. That's the point of this Black History Month Quiz.