Last day of Black History Month 2006

Today is the end of black history month 2006. Personally, I on the side of the camp that supports ending the traditional monthly focus in turn for incorporating black history with American history. If you want to learn black history go to the library, buy a book, or surf the internet. Two good books - Up from Slavery; Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America. I'm sure that you will learn more from your own reading than by watching a 30 second black history factoid on tv. Below is today's King 5 TV black history month factoid.

On February 28, Michael Jackson won eight grammys for his 1983 album Thriller. Thriller became the biggest selling album of all-time, selling 60 million albums worldwide. Michael was the first black artist to break down the the white walls of MTV and find stardom and in the process raised the bar for music videos as an art form.