Associated Press Nell Irvin Painter, a Princeton scholar, poses during a visit to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., Thursday. Painter no longer accepts invitations to events pegged to the Black History month. Many top speakers have grown weary of being in high demand for a just few weeks during Black History Month, and then often ignored.

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Prominent black speakers tire of February spotlight

• By ncs-import
• February 3, 2005