FAIR LAWN, N.J., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- For the eighth straight year, Columbia Bank has donated books to fifty selected New Jersey school and public libraries in celebration of Black History Month.

This year's selection, "Diana Ross: A Biography" by J. Randy Taraborrelli, is an insider's look at this superstar's controversial life and entertainment career. Previous donations included books on the lives of Martin Luther King, the Tuskegee Airmen and black soldiers serving during the Civil War.

With current assets of more than $4.3 billion, Columbia Bank is the third largest mutual banking institution in the United States. Columbia operates 43 offices in ten counties statewide.