5 Magazines for Black History Month

MagMaker / February 26, 2015

As February comes to a close, so does Black History Month. Even though 28 (sometimes 29) days is too short, BHM serves as a way to remind us of the many achievements of African-Americans, and underscore how much work remains in the name of equality. Like Grantland’s Rembert Browne noted, it’s a time when the entire country gets a reality check on the “nature in which [African-Americans] exist.”

Of course, the community doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The history of African-Americans is the history of America itself. With no one true take on the “African-American experience,” we found five perspectives, thanks to our MagMakers. Learn from them all:

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~ShonaS is reading “The Human Race

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