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It’s Black History Month and we’re celebrating Black people who have changed the world we live in today, tomorrow and in the past. Erica Campbell and GRIFF spoke about the importance of knowing our history and celebrating it.
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Erica spoke about the triumphs Black people have over come as well as how we’re still changing the world around us.
SEE ALSO: This 6th Grade Class Turned Themselves Into Iconic Book Covers For Black History Month
Make sure you’re celebrating Black History Month and sharing fun facts with the family as well as others!
Check out vintage photos of Black history below!
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Vintage Photos Of Black History Being Made In America
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1. Harriet Tubman
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2. Martin Luther King and civil rights leaders
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3. Black Panthers
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4. Tuskeegee Airmen
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5. Books Are Weapons Poster
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6. World War II 93rd Infantry
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7. Rosa Parks
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8. Integrated Classroom in North Carolina
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9. African American Students Enter High School with Military Escort
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10. Lunchcounter Protest in Virginia
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11. Harry Belafonte Leads Civil Rights Rally
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12. Malcolm X's Funeral
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13. Martin Luther King's Funeral
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14. Lynching Victim Hanging Above Crowd
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15. W.E.B. DuBois
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16. Booker T. Washington
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17. The 369th, 15th New York who won the Croix de Guerre for Gallantry
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18. Mutilated Corpse of Claude Neal
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19. Segregated Fountain
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20. Womens Defense Corp of America
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21. Crowd Waiting to Enter Supreme Court
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22. Black Students Integrate Little Rock's Central High School
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23. Troops Watch as Black Students Go to School
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24. Segregated Restrooms
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25. Portrait Of Medgar Evers
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26. Separate Waiting Room
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27. Race riots in Birmingham, Alabama.
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28. A White Man Bars African-Americans From Restaurant
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29. Myrlie Evers Speaking at Microphone
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30. A Young Marcher
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31. Civil Rights Fighters
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32. Elijah Muhammad
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33. Anti Segregation In The Southern Stores March At Broadway In New York
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34. Selma to Montgomery March
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35. Selma to Montgomery March
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36. Soldiers at Civil Rights Protest
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37. Luther King's Funeral
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38. Coretta Scott King
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39. 'Kidnapped' Poster At Black Panther Rally
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40. 'Right On!' Black Power Button
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Erica Campbell & GRIFF Share The Importance Of Why We Need To Know Our Black History
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