UniSun: Feb. 3, 2008

Preserving history

Some journeys are a long road to nowhere, or so the saying goes.

Spotlight

Black Heritage Art Show is a showcase for black artists

In 1995, Glenda and Milton Boone took on a new mission: to promote art by African-Americans.

Up front

Those who knew King pay tribute

Read what the people who knew the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. thought of him and the civil rights movement in Voices: Reflections on an American Icon Through Words and Song.

Advice

Harriette Cole: How single mom should deal with spoiled children

DEAR HARRIETTE // My teenage children are greedy and overindulged. I acknowledge my role in their behavior but simply cannot afford their materialistic desires. My ex-husband, an investment banker, and I divorced three years ago. I was a homemaker until then and have minimal skills, so I am in graduate school studying social work. Though we receive child-support payments, I cannot seem to get my 15- and 13-year-old to understand I simply don't have money to cater to their every whim. How can I broach the topic without looking like a total crybaby? ESTELLA, WEST CHESTER, PA.

Health

Trainer, 71, is inspiration to clients

On this rainy day, only the resolute are in Energy Fitness Center on Liberty Road in Randallstown, getting in their evening workout.

Travel

College offers unique learning experience

Peanut butter and some of the most courageous fighter pilots of World War II share common roots. So do author Ralph Ellison and the first African- American four-star general.

Music

Tubman's story of bravery set to music

If history made a sound it would be a musical one. It's easy to imagine the crash of cymbals and rumble from a pedestal timpani drum as musical elements of wars.

Leisure

Rallying around their food enterprises

The man who co-founded the Black Panther Party more than 40 years ago is still rabble-rousing. But nowadays, Bobby Seale is not only venting verbiage at "The Man" or "the system" or crooked politicians that conspire to keep the masses down.

Art

Portrait of an evolving artist

When you first look at the early work of artist David Charles, it can be a bit off-putting.

Food

Sandra Pinckney: Chefs with perfect recipes for success

This is the month we acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of black Americans.

Social Scene

Celebrating King and a new year

We're one month into 2008, and some of us have made (and broken) new commitments to things we care about. Some people might have written these resolutions in journals in hopes that they can look back at their scribbles as reminders. Others took amore ceremonial approach by participating in Kwanzaa, which for seven days through to Jan. 1 is a reminder of the importance of individual contributions to one's family and the world.

Getting out the 'Message' about power of hip-hop

When I tell people I've written a book called The Message that extracts life lessons from hip-hop music, I receive a multitude of responses.

Calendar

Upcoming events

ONGOING

Editor's note

Before I became the UniSun editor, I was familiar with Louis Diggs' work as a historian. I discovered him while searching the Internet as I prepared for an interview for this job with The Sun.

Flashback

This issue's Flashback: This march came at the emotional peak of the civil rights movement. It was from Selma, Ala., to what other city in 1965?