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Congressman Charles Rangel Reflects On 46 Years On Capitol HillHarlem Congressman Charles Rangel is retiring at the end of this year after 23 terms in the House of Representatives.

Black History Month: New Play 'Unheard Voices' Portrays Untold Stories Of SlavesA play inspired by the African burial ground in Lower Manhattan imagines the lives of slaves and free people interred there.

Black History Month: 'Dare To Be Black: The Jack Johnson Story'The man, who in many eyes was the first black international sports celebrity, is also the subject of a play.

Black History Month: The Influence Of Black Lives MatterThe Black Lives Matter movement has unarguably garnered the attention and influence of the public over the last several years.

Black History Month: Documentary Looks At Life Of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm“I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud,” Chisholm said over 40 years ago.

Black History Month: Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's 1972 Presidential RunLong before Hillary Clinton, there was Shirley Chisholm.

Black History Month: A Look Inside The Design Of The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & CultureLonnie Bunch, the museum’s director, says so much of black history is hidden in plain sight.

Black History Month: Building The Collection For The National Museum Of African American History & CultureOne of the challenges facing Lonnie Bunch, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, was building its collection.

Black History Month: National Museum Of African American History & Culture Opening This Year"To understand America, you've gotta understand the African American experience," the museum's founding director Lonnie Bunch told WCBS 880's Jane Tillman Irving.

Black History Month: HIV/AIDS Awareness Advocate Calls For More TestingThe virus that causes AIDS and AIDS itself are still very much with us.

Black History Month: African-American HIV/AIDS AwarenessThis Sunday is National African American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

Black History Month: Photographer Nona Faustine Sheds Light On NYC's History Of SlaveryMost of Nona Faustine's photographic self-portraits show her naked and alone at a courthouse, a farmhouse, a graveyard: some location associated with New York's past as a slave-owning city.

Black History Month: Photographer Nona Faustine Pays Tribute To Black Women Who Were Slaves“You can’t say that anger is not a part of creating this work,” Faustine told WCBS 880’s Jane Tillman Irving.

Black History Month: Photographer's Nude Self-Portraits Evoke NYC's Ties To SlaveryHer stance evokes a slave on an auction block wearing only iron shackles on her wrists and high-heeled white pumps.