Dobler: Books celebrate African-American history

February is African-American History Month, and these books from award-winning authors and illustrators promote cultural appreciation and understanding. "Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom," by Shane W.

Black History Month: African American political oratory

Documentarians Stephen Smith and Kate Ellis present and discuss short speeches by Mary McLeod Bethune, Dick Gregory, Malcolm X, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lorraine Hansberry.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: First African-American clergyman in U.S. was Torrington pastor in 1785

According to research found on Fold3.com, a web collection of military records on African American Patriots of the Revolutionary War, Lemuel Haynes was the first African American ordained by a mainstream Protestant Church in the United States.

President Obama Proclaims National African American History Month

The story of African Americans is a story of resilience and perseverance.

African-American history retold

Eva M. Doyle has long been keeping an eye on the rich and vibrant African-American history of Western New York—and the world. For 33 years, she has written a weekly column about the subject, never once missing a week.