Screaxx reports on a influential African-American leader.

As many of you know, February is Black History Month, so I thought it would be cool to write a piece on civil rights, or segregation, or even a piece on the Super Bowl coaches who are making history this year, but then I thought, "What do I think of when I think of civil rights?" Well, the first name that came to mind was, of course, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but then I thought, "How about someone a little more risky."

Introducing, Malcolm X. Born Malcolm Little in North Omaha, Nebraska in 1925, Malcolm made his way through the social scale from a drug dealer, to a world renowned human rights activist. After meeting Elijah Muhammad in 1952, another well known activist in the civil rights movements, Malcolm changed his surname to "X", for reasons that he states as symbolically rejecting the mistreatment of his people for many years before.

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Girlmusic reports on a popular musical instrument.

It's the night of your school's orchestra concert and you are nervous, but excited. You warm up before you go out to play some songs. Everyone is in their assigned position and the when the curtain opens, you find yourself sitting at a piano. Then you begin to wonder, what do I really know about the piano?

You probably know what a piano is, or what it looks like. You might even have one at your house that you or your parents used to play, or maybe it's just there as a decoration. Well, if you would like to know more about pianos, then you have come to the right place, err article.

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