The Centre County Board of Commissioners — Mark Higgins, Amber Concepcion and Steve Dershem — issued a proclamation naming February as Black History Month. Accepting for the community was Leslie Laing ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict the fight for civil rights.

First, explain to your kids what “Black history” means ... authors like Maya Angelou and Lorraine Hansberry, lawyers like George Washington Williams, educators like Booker T.

Simone's song shares a title with a play about the life of Lorraine Hansberry, a friend of hers ... Lamar told the Times he could see what the kids who were chanting his song in the streets ...