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Celebrating Black History
Lauryn Hill. Duke Ellington. Michael Jordan. Malcolm X. Toni Morrison. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Your family and friends, your neighbors. Black Americans have helped shape who we are as a nation, and continue to play important roles in fields ranging from education to entertainment. From the painful passage of the civil rights movement to the soaring magic of Jordan, the passion of Gates and the hip-hop beat of Hill, browse TIME's words and LIFE's images documenting the American story that is celebrated every February.
Profiles
From TIME's issue on the most important Leaders & Revolutionaries of the 20th Century: A profile of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Focus on the Environment: Meet Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan working to save his nation's forests
Reading Room
Visit our Black History Month reading room for articles from TIME Magazine on black culture and extraordinary achievers in education, business, sports and entertainment.
Chats
Read transcripts of TIME.com's exclusive online conversations with newsmakers like Toni Morrison and Angela Davis. And read the transcripts of TIME and Yahoo! Chat's special Black History Month interviews:
CNN and World African Network
A special report in words and pictures.
Black in America:
Jazz, Harlem, the Panthers,
Malcolm X, Ellington, Miles,
Selma and more through the
eyes of Gordon Parks and
other LIFE photographers
Martin Luther King, Jr.:
LIFE's personal images
of the civil rights leader
at the height of the
movement
PHOTOS, L. TO R: THOMAS MCAVOY/LIFE, GORDON PARKS (2), CHARLES MOORE/BLACK STAR (KING), GJON MILI/LIFE
