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February is African American History Month

“I am not only an American slave, but a man, and as such, am bound to use my powers for the welfare of the whole human brotherhood.” -Frederick Douglass

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.“  -Jackie Robinson

An outstanding web collaboration from the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum honors the generations of African Americans who fought adversity to reach full citizenship in America.

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