GALLERY: Black History, 1985
By News One February 6, 2009 2:04 pm
This is a gallery of black history events from the year 1985, including the debut of the “We Are The World” record and Gwendolyn Brooks appointment as the US Poet Laureate.
RETURN to the CELEBRATE 44 MAIN PAGE
Click here to read about Cornel West!
Click here to see video of Cornel West!
Click here to learn about Hope on a Tight Rope!
RETURN to the CELEBRATE 44 MAIN PAGE
ADVERTISEMENT
Breaking News
- VIDEO: Atlanta Dance Studio Keeps Black Ballet Tradition Alive
- Black Baseball Player Calls Afro-Latino Players “Imposters”
- Today Is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- VIDEO: NYU Professor Says “Precious” Bad For Black Culture
- Black Couple Will Have The Longest Marriage Of All Time
- Obama Renews U.S. Commitment To Haiti’s Recovery
- U.S. Giving Military Assistance To Somalian Government
- Study Shows Single Black Women’s Median Wealth $5, White Women’s $42,000
- OPINION: Is It OK When White People Pull “Kanye” Moments?
- More Minority Babies Will Be Born Than White Babies This Year
ADVERTISEMENT
Top Stories This Week
- Teachers Removed For O.J. Simpson And RuPaul Black History Month Portraits
- Cops Say Philly Couple Robbed Jewelry Store And Left Behind 4-Year-Old Son
- Group Sex Tape Scandal Plagues HBCU
- VIDEO: “Precious” Triumph Or Tragedy? Watch the Debate
- Principal Accused Of Having Sex With Students At School
- VIDEO: Dunking Female Basketball Player Punches Player
- Actress Paula Patton Says The Term “Biracial” Is Offensive
- Inner City Charter School Graduates All Of Its Seniors To College
- Wal-Mart Sells Black Barbie For Half Price Of Same White Doll
- Six Women Hospitalized Due To Cosmetic Buttocks Injections
- Death Row Inmate Awarded $5.5M For Wrongful Conviction
- DR. BOYCE: The FAMU Sex Tape May Be A Big Ol’ Lie
- CEO Fired For Racist Email Likening Michelle Obama To Chimp
- REPORT: Nearly Half Of All Black Women Have Herpes
- UPDATE: Two Students Arrested For UMissouri Cotton Ball Hate Crime
Hot Topics This Week
- Teachers Removed For O.J. Simpson And RuPaul Black History Month Portraits
- VIDEO: “Precious” Triumph Or Tragedy? Watch the Debate
- REPORT: Nearly Half Of All Black Women Have Herpes
- Actress Paula Patton Says The Term "Biracial" Is Offensive
- Wal-Mart Sells Black Barbie For Half Price Of Same White Doll
- Inner City Charter School Graduates All Of Its Seniors To College
- CEO Fired For Racist Email Likening Michelle Obama To Chimp
- Principal Accused Of Having Sex With Students At School
- Iranian Prez Says 9/11 Was A "Big Lie" To Start War On Terror
- OPINION: Should Black Folks Celebrate If "Precious" Wins An Oscar?
- Cops Say Philly Couple Robbed Jewelry Store And Left Behind 4-Year-Old Son
- UPDATE: Two Students Arrested For UMissouri Cotton Ball Hate Crime
- Six Women Hospitalized Due To Cosmetic Buttocks Injections
- VIDEO: Dunking Female Basketball Player Punches Player
- Study Shows Single Black Women's Median Wealth $5, White Women's $42,000
Top Stories 2009
- UPDATE: Sprite Finds Stepping Score Was Wrong, Calls It A Tie
- 29-Year-Old Has 21 Kids With 11 Women
- Malcolm X’s Grandson Breaks Silence!
- Woman Kills Boyfriend By Sitting On Him
- VIDEO: Woman Kills Son At Gun Range
- Men Accused Of Forcing Mom To Have Sex With Son Go To Trial
- Man Charged With Throwing Baby Out of Car Window
- L.A. Gang Waged War To Eliminate Black People
- VIDEO: Police Body-Slam Elderly Woman At Wal-Mart
- Top 10 Most Ghetto News Clips Of The Decade
- 11 Year Old Hangs Himself Due to Bullying
- UPDATE: Woman Convicted Of Killing 4 Daughters
- Four Boys, Ages 9 To 14, Allegedly Rape 8-Year-Old Girl
- Video Shows Obama Was NOT Checking Out Girl’s Butt
- UPDATE: Mother Calls Teacher Cutting Of Daughter’s Hair “Child Abuse”
- Top 5 “The Black Guy Did It” Excuses By White Criminals
- BIZARRE: Teens Arrested For Rapping McDonald’s Order
- 5 Year Old Birthday Girl Decapitated By Brother
- VIDEO: Students Respond To Crowning Of 1st White Miss Hampton
- Cops Choke Black Paramedic On Way To Emergency Room






Comments
0
% %