Yes, it matters.In the six years since we began publishing Black Issues Book Review, we have witnessed phenomenal growth in the availability of books by black authors and about black culture and concerns. Black books are no longer published "ghetto fashion"--relegated only to February because it is Black History Month. A plethora plethora /pleth·o·ra/ (pleth´ah-rah) 1. an excess of blood. 2. by extension, a red florid complexion.pletho´ric pleth·o·ra n. 1. of titles are widely and continually available, not only in bookstores, which offer the luxury of hands-on browsing, but many titles, even those once hard-to-find ones, are now easily found on the Internet. So does Black History Month still matter today, in this digital age? Should schools, bookstores and businesses still make a big deal of it? Our answer is a resounding re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. yes. Black History Month must still be celebrated, and more as great progress continues. The purpose of celebrations is to remind us of what is important so that we do not forget the past or take the future for granted. Each year, Black History Month gives us a reason to revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re and learn for ourselves about neglected or yet-to-be discovered facets of our history. Therefore, BIBR BIBR Bay Islands Beach Resort (Roatan, Honduras) BIBR Backward Indicator Bit Received is proud to pay tribute to Carter G. Woodson Carter Godwin Woodson (b. December 19 1875, New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia — d. April 3 1950, Washington, D.C.) was an African American historian, author, journalist and the founder of Black History Month. , who began this tradition of recognition (page 46). We are also proud to continue in Woodson's footsteps with a new offering for Black History Month--a redesigned Web site that we hope will be an online source for information and commentary for black bootdovers: www.bibookreview.cnm. Please visit (or revisit) our site and experience the changes we've made. Discover that our site no longer offers the same fare as our printed pages, but rather a sampling from our magazine enhanced by interesting information too plentiful to include in our limited hardcopy space. Our Web site now is to our magazine what the DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. special footage for a film is to the theater version of a film--it includes lots of extras. (We encourage those who only read our magazine online to subscribe. Subscriptions support our print and online efforts, and we'll be offering our subscribers more special opportunities to meet authors, receive advance reading copies, and enter contests with great prizes. Subscriptions may now be entered from our site.) Our site is now fully interactive. We welcome your online comments on our reviews and articles, and we've added dozens of new features. We're excited about our new pages devoted to reaching reading groups and to putting them in touch with authors. Our Review Guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. page is our way of encouraging avid AVID Cardiology A clinical trial–Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators that compared the effect of implantable defibrillators vs the best medical therapy–antiarrhythmics for survivors of MI or those with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia readers to submit information to become potential reviewers. (Please mail writing samples and a resume to our editors first.) We urge the celebration of Black History Month more than ever, and we want to make that recognition digital. |
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