Stories Collection

  1. 00-00-0000 Rhythm, RHYME + Learning = Success. Are you looking for an economical ...
  2. 00-00-0000 Feeding the Ph.D. Pipeline: AAMU Graduates its First Doctorates in. Phy...
  3. 00-00-0000 Returning to the Debate on Race and Class. Well, here we go again. It ...
  4. 00-00-0000 A Spirit of Empowerment. Currently 9.2 million families receive Aid to...
  5. 00-00-0000 "The Arrival, Jamestown 1619: From Africa to African Americans&...
  6. 00-00-0000 Will It Be Senator Alan Wheat?. By winning the Democratic nomination t...
  7. 00-00-0000 From the Trenches with Rep. Kweisi Mfume. We exist because we have no ...
  8. 00-00-0000 NAACP WASHINGTON LOBBY: More Than Just Black and White. The NAACP is c...
  9. 00-00-0000 Keep Hypertension Under Control. Dr. Paul Douglass, current president ...
  10. 00-00-0000 LOOKING BEYOND THE 1994 SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTION. I was one black face a...
  11. 00-00-0000 THE RESURRECTION OF MARION BARRY. While a few political analysts predi...
  12. 00-00-0000 Bobby Seal The Last Original PANTHER. When one thinks of Bobby Seal, t...
  13. 00-00-0000 Meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus. The 40 Congressional Blac...
  14. 00-00-0000 Call for Jobs and Justice. Unemployment, underemployment and job loss ...
  15. 00-00-0000 Political Realities. A recent newspaper article anticipated that the A...
  16. 00-00-0000 Halloween "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF". Maya Angelou ...
  17. 00-00-0000 An Insider's Perspective. In the introduction to his book, Just Perman...
  18. 00-00-0000 The Tiger Roars. When we last covered golf sensation Tiger Woods (ABOU...
  19. 00-00-0000 A Balancing Act. Between 2 Worlds: African-American Identity and Ameri...
  20. 00-00-0000 Federal Buyout Plan Promotes Diversity. A major piece of legislation s...
  21. 00-00-0000 Embracing Diversity, One Person at a Time. The world is opening up...g...
  22. 00-00-0000 DIVERSITY: Concept vs. Reality. Over the next decade, companies in the...
  23. 00-00-0000 Harlem Business Center. A Harlem Business Outreach Center formed throu...
  24. 00-00-0000 European Basketball. Kevin Cadle has a love-hate relationship with the...
  25. 00-00-0000 Black Caucus Annual Legislative Weekend. Some people have the misconce...
  26. 00-00-0000 DERIVING POWER IN ORGANIZATIONS. Though John Brewer has a graduate deg...
  27. 00-00-0000 In Transition. Willette Coleman, author of Surviving Job Transitions, ...
  28. 00-00-0000 BCALA Conference: Unity Through Diversity. History repeated itself Aug...
  29. 00-00-0000 CONTROLLING CHAOS: ONE COMPANY'S STRATEGY. Many officers are now staff...
  30. 00-00-0000 Inspired Moments. "If there is any power that can reverse the...
  31. 00-00-0000 Diversity at the Core. Mary-Frances Winters, president of The Winters ...
  32. 00-00-0000 Popular Singers Honored on Postage Stamps. The U.S. Postal Service's &...
  33. 00-00-0000 SAVE THE PLANET WITH CURBSIDE RECYCLING. Operating under the aegis of ...
  34. 00-00-0000 DIVERSITY: Imperative OR Opportunity. Despite the backlash and major s...
  35. 00-00-0000 Valuing Diversity. Not surprisingly, a new benchmark study of the best...
  36. 00-00-0000 NETWORKING STRATEGIES. If you ask George C. Fraser, he'll tell you tha...
  37. 00-00-0000 The Great CORPORATE Letdown. I can remember a time when I felt unconqu...
  38. 00-00-0000 American Business Returns to South Africa. Spokesmen for The Coco-Cola...
  39. 00-00-0000 Removing Cultural Barriers to Home Ownership. Beverly Fair is in the p...
  40. 00-00-0000 Financial Matters. Whether you are a big spender or a wanna-be, money ...
  41. 00-00-0000 Financial Health for Seniors. Gordon leaves the room toanswer the phon...
  42. 00-00-0000 African-American Women on Tour. Something is going on down in New Orle...
  43. 00-00-0000 Brooklyn's High-Tech Investment. Advanced Technological Solutions, Inc...
  44. 00-00-0000 American Telephone Company: Just a Phone Call Away. Herbert Hamlett is...
  45. 00-00-0000 Entrepreneurial Power. Robert L. Wallace wants you to allow the entrep...
  46. 00-00-0000 Technical Advice. Diana Smith-Walsh is a woman with a lot on her mind....
  47. 00-00-0000 An Important Conversation. The Push for a national consensus among bla...
  48. 00-00-0000 1994 Black Family Reunion. Popular host of Black Entertainment Televis...
  49. 00-00-0000 A Public Foundation's Investment in Youth. The 1992 civil unrest in Lo...
  50. 00-00-0000 Landmark Society Documents Rochester's African-American History. For R...
  51. 00-00-0000 Weakening Black Voting Power. At the NAACP's 85th Annual Convention, p...
  52. 00-00-0000 H. Carl McCall: New York's Chief Financial Officer. If there were a sh...
  53. 00-00-0000 Small Businesses and Minority Entrepreneurs Debute Health Care. Minori...
  54. 00-00-0000 A Banking Legacy. Safeguarding people's money, providing loans and dir...
  55. 00-00-0000 Johannesburg Venture: Black South Africans are natural capitalists.. D...
  56. Girl: Why are you sticking out your tongue? Snake: My tongue can't taste things...
  57. When Sunny was very young, he lived in the shed. Maria brought him straw to lie on a...
  58. Kindness Counts We are people, We should be treated right, Whether we a...
  59. Not Your Typical Kid "Mom, why do I have to play? Why can't I just go ...
  60. "Josie, guess what? I learned a new joke at school today. Want to hear it?"...
  61. Jose Tavares tightened his grip on the fishing net behind him and grabbed the sand w...
  62. Hotel guest: "Please call me a taxi." Doorman: "Yes, sir. You're...
  63. Grumpy It is a grumpy morning, and I'm not liking it at all! There is n...
  64. Woozy: Mom, did the clerk ring up this package of seeds? Mom: No, she didn't. ...
  65. An angel fish? Jill Durland, Age 10 New York [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A too...
  66. My turtle's name is Charlie. (Close your fist. Your thumb is Charlie's head.) ...
  67. Rain-Forest Poem Jumping in the jungle, Leaping tree to tree With the c...
  68. Which things are easy for you to draw? Which are hard? How can you find out if ...
  69. Did You Know? Bobolinks aren't much bigger than sparrows, but they migrate about six...
  70. Not many people would spend their free time picking up other people's litter. But Ch...
  71. Dream Game He hikes the ball and here we go, the quarterback looks, then ma...
  72. Read the words below and decide whether they refer to taste, sound, or temperature. ...
  73. Sea Otters I pause, looking deep into round black eyes, but just fo...
  74. "Oh, yokwe, Dan!" That's how Jia and Iban greet me. Jia Hisaiah and Iban E...
  75. 1. Ask an adult to help you pry out the plastic disk holder from an old compact disk...
  76. If I were not as fortunate as I am right now, where would I be? Under a b...
  77. We have five girls and four boys in our family. Two of the boys are twins. I have al...
  78. Our brain is a wonderful and complicated organ. And scientists have been working for...
  79. In this big picture find the hummingbird, ring, bell, ant, pennant, spoon, pushpin, ...
  80. 1. Hold two paper plates together, front to front, and cut them into the shape of a ...
  81. Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. --Spanish proverb If the sa...
  82. Sometimes my three-year-old sister makes a mess in my room. When I tell her to clean...
  83. The Appalachian, or Mountain, dulcimer is a musical instrument developed in the Unit...
  84. A Spike of Green When I went out The sun was hot, It shone upon My...
  85. Robin's Return It's finally springtime. The robins are here, sending th...
  86. 1. Choose two boxes--one large and one small--to create the truck. (A pasta box and ...
  87. If I Were a Color If I were yellow, I would be the sun, shining down at...
  88. My brother's best friend recently moved away, and he is very sad. Do you have any ti...
  89. A mother gray squirrel has taken over a nest house that was built for birds. It is n...
  90. I found a lot that excited me in this issue of HIGHLIGHTS. I got charged up whe...
  91. 1. Why did the woman plant money in the soil? Danielle Smith, Missouri 2....
  92. 1. Cut one-inch "deposit" and "withdrawal" flaps on two sides of...
  93. "I don't care how well I pitch," I told Latasha as we waited for the schoo...
  94. Today I looked at the world in a different way. I curled up my past and t...
  95. I have a nice mom. I always thank her when she gives me something, but I don't know ...
  96. When my sisters and brother and I were little, we took naps. We did not have to slee...
  97. To play, draw a chalk hopscotch board, but don't draw in numbers. Instead, write a l...
  98. Sick I coughed and sneezed. I choked and wheezed. For one whole week, ...
  99. Explorers want to take you on their photo tour of Crumbleton Castle--but the photos ...
  100. * What are these homes made from? Why does each home fit its surroundings well? ...
  101. Julia Reynolds, age ten, of California sent me the following letter: I was mak...
  102. They're painting my hands with mehndi for Meera Auntie's wedding. Swirly flowers, co...
  103. Which kids are acting selfishly? Which are being unselfish? "I'll set the ...
  104. When we lose someone or something we love, we sit and moan, grieve, and cry. ...
  105. 00-00-0000 Thoroughbred Racing. Hayes Taylor, general manager of the Finger Lakes...
  106. 00-00-0000 Honda's HBCU Campus All-Star Challenge. Every year, teams of academic ...
  107. 00-00-0000 COACHING SUCCESS. If you listen closely to Dr. LeRoy Walker, you'll ge...
  108. 00-00-0000 Chris Rock. Seeing and hearing people laugh makes comedian Chris Rock ...
  109. 00-00-0000 Clyde Morgan: From Father to Son. Clyde Wesley Morgan is on a mission....
  110. 00-00-0000 Images of Black Men. The story of black men in America reaches across ...
  111. 00-00-0000 The Mesmerizing Tones of Terrance Bruce. The man is large and in charg...
  112. 00-00-0000 Center Court with Bill Russell. Long before there was a Shaq Attack, a...
  113. 00-00-0000 Phil Sumpter. Phil Sumpter is a visual artist, painter, and sculptor w...
  114. 00-00-0000 ON THE MOVE: The Transformation of MATTHEW WEATHERSBY. "They ...
  115. 00-00-0000 Charles Lilly. For 24 years, the renowned artist has contributed his a...
  116. 00-00-0000 A Good Black Man. What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man. The ...
  117. 00-00-0000 Strong Fathers. Researchers say that fatherhood is at an all-time high...
  118. 00-00-0000 The Simpson Saga. The saddest thing about the O.J. Simpson saga is tha...
  119. 00-00-0000 Civil Rights Documentary Encourages Students to "Think&quot...
  120. 00-00-0000 Clifton Davis. From actor to activist, from minister to missionary, Cl...
  121. 00-00-0000 Manhood Issues. Sociologists have said African-American males are an e...
  122. 00-00-0000 Robert Lockwood Jr.. To look at him, one might never guess that he is ...
  123. 00-00-0000 Men Who Care. Wall Street wizard Charles Keating was jailed for inside...
  124. 00-00-0000 Treadwell's Guide to ATLANTA. Mention Atlanta, Chicago, New York City ...
  125. 00-00-0000 Capturing Diversity. During the summer and fall of 1990, fifty of Amer...
  126. 00-00-0000 `Laid Out Nice': Jazz Purist Danny Barker Leaves New Orleans Music Lega...
  127. 00-00-0000 Reclaiming the Memories. Amid the hustle and bustle of lower Manhattan...
  128. 00-00-0000 Rediscovering Cultural Roots. African-Americans are rediscovering thei...
  129. 00-00-0000 African-American Gardens and Yards in the Rural South. The English are...
  130. 00-00-0000 KENNY GARRETT'S MUSICAL ODYSSEY. "I like people to feel what ...
  131. 00-00-0000 The FLAVOR Of African-American Music. As the balmy wind blows away the...
  132. 00-00-0000 Respecting the Past. Mount Vernon, Virginia, has always been influence...
  133. 00-00-0000 New Orleans' Soul: Black Businesses Vie for Tourism Dollars. The U.S. ...
  134. 00-00-0000 Preserving African-American Landmarks. A ground-breaking project to id...
  135. 00-00-0000 The Big Easy's Charm. New Orleans. It is one of the most unique cities...
  136. 00-00-0000 African-American Tourists. American tourists are viewed as a prime mar...
  137. 00-00-0000 African-American Tourist Attractions. Travelers interested in African-...
  138. 00-00-0000 Preserving a World Heritage. The bas-reliefs of the Royal Palaces of A...
  139. 00-00-0000 Ethnic Travel Series. Hippocrene Books, a renowned travel guide publis...
  140. 00-00-0000 This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. In all of the...
  141. 00-00-0000 Day of the African Child. There will come a day when nations will be j...
  142. 00-00-0000 A Time to Reunite. I wanted to be in Johannesburg on April 26, but nev...
  143. 00-00-0000 Martin Luther King Jr. Greater Rochester Commission. The Martin Luther...
  144. 00-00-0000 Randall Robinson's Fast for Haitian Freedom. Randall Robinson, preside...
  145. 00-00-0000 The Day Of Brown. It was late afternoon on Monday, May 17, 1954. The s...
  146. 00-00-0000 Nelson Mandela Speaks. "Let us reconstruct South Africa in th...
  147. 00-00-0000 Linkages with South Africa. Educational officials of 25 black colleges...
  148. 00-00-0000 A Crisis for Garth Fagan Dance. In a letter to the community launching...
  149. 00-00-0000 Can Mandela Unite South Africa?. This article is being written on the ...
  150. 00-00-0000 Making a Difference. Atlanta's promise as the Southern mecca of succes...
  151. 00-00-0000 Through a Child's Eye: NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN RECORD....
  152. 00-00-0000 Cultural Portraiture. Imagine, if you will, the anticipation an archeo...
  153. 00-00-0000 Radio Documentary On Legendary Blues Musicians. Blues greats B.B. King...
  154. 00-00-0000 The Black Health Library Series. For a variety of reasons, African Ame...
  155. 00-00-0000 Violent Crime: A Costly Connection. Crime is a pressing issue - one wh...
  156. 00-00-0000 Challenges to Redistricting: Diluting Black Representation. Now 100 ye...
  157. 00-00-0000 Summit to Promote Family Values. "Project a vision of the fut...
  158. 00-00-0000 THE WOMEN'S HEALTH STUDY: Seeking Answers to Preventing Heart Disease a...
  159. 00-00-0000 JOHNATHAN'S STORY. When bad things happen to people we love, it seems ...
  160. 00-00-0000 THE FRONT LINE: Community Health Centers. Community health centers hav...
  161. 00-00-0000 FRIEND AND FOE: The Mystery of Melanin. African Americans are well awa...
  162. 00-00-0000 Cosbys Donate $1.8 Million to the National Council of Negro Women. The...
  163. 00-00-0000 A Healthy Start. The first six months of a baby's life are the crucial...
  164. 00-00-0000 The Politics of Health Care. The national debate over health care refo...
  165. 00-00-0000 A Question of Ethics. Efforts to increase organ donation in African-Am...
  166. 00-00-0000 Health Awareness: Local Library is an Important Stop Route to Health. K...
  167. 00-00-0000 Good Health for African Americans. No other ethnic group comes close t...
  168. 00-00-0000 Swaying Reform. African Americans do not intend to be locked out of th...
  169. 00-00-0000 AKA Trailblazers' Poster. In honor of Black History and Women's Histor...
  170. 00-00-0000 Challenges to Redistricting: Unintended Consequences. Fannie Lou Hamer...
  171. 00-00-0000 Rita Dove Renamed Poet Laureate. Award winning poet Rita Dove accepted...
  172. 00-00-0000 MLK Peace Award Given to a "Quiet Man". George Duers...
  173. 00-00-0000 Top Books for Children. Outstanding books by African-American authors ...
  174. 00-00-0000 A GROWING MARKET. At 5:00 p.m. the day is ending for most people, but ...
  175. 00-00-0000 The Alcan Highway in Alaska. It's been more than 50 years since the Al...
  176. 00-00-0000 Honoring the Fight for Independence. The story of blacks in America ha...
  177. 00-00-0000 A Man Child's Rites of Passage. According to the National Adoption Cen...
  178. 00-00-0000 The High Falls "Power of Kids" Project. An innovativ...
  179. 00-00-0000 1994 Dental Scholarships. The National Dental Association foundation (...
  180. 00-00-0000 Cultural Play. Hollywood Hounds, Cultural Cats and Dinkytown Daycare K...
  181. 00-00-0000 Hooked on Children. When planning its national conference for March, t...
  182. 00-00-0000 A House of Love. Most people outside of New York City don't recognize ...
  183. 00-00-0000 Material Success. Imagine working for a top-notch designer like Bill B...
  184. 00-00-0000 Taking Soccer to the Streets. If you think basketball, football, or ev...
  185. 00-00-0000 Daughters of the Sun. Rochester Sculptor and educator Edward Lester se...
  186. 00-00-0000 Making Their Own Kind of Music. There's more to African-American men t...
  187. 00-00-0000 Batoto Yetu Rhythms. When Julio Leitao greeted me at the door of his u...
  188. 00-00-0000 National Roster of Black Elected Officials. According to an annual rec...
  189. 00-00-0000 A Blueprint for Change. On January 1, 1994, William A. Johnson Jr., 51...
  190. 00-00-0000 Silent Foot Soldiers. During a going-away gathering for a black woman ...
  191. 00-00-0000 U.S. Committee for UNICEF Receives Gift for Somalia. The National Asso...
  192. 00-00-0000 The Herndons: Syle of the Upper Class in Atlanta. The story of how Alo...
  193. 00-00-0000 BLACK EXCEL: The College Help Network. BLACK EXCEL, the nationwide Col...
  194. 00-00-0000 Wade in the Water: African-American Sacred Songs. On Sunday mornings, ...
  195. 00-00-0000 Behind the Scenes in the Music Industry. This year's Gallery of Greats...
  196. 00-00-0000 Celebrate Black Women's History, Too!. Every teacher can easily incorp...
  197. 00-00-0000 Spending Power. African Americans have made significant contributions ...
  198. 00-00-0000 A Spiritual Journey. African-American history is rich with the heroism...
  199. 00-00-0000 Documenting Jim Crow. Graduate students from three universities are ta...