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Marc Lamont Hill: Make Black History Month a guidepost for year-round – Philadelphia Daily News

February 9, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

Sure, they can rattle off the biggies like Harriet Tubman or Frederick Douglass. But few have heard of C.B. Brooks, who invented the street sweeper; Garrett Morgan, who invented a mechanical sign that was a precursor to the modern traffic light …
Read the entire story here:Marc Lamont Hill: Make Black History Month a guidepost for year-round – Philadelphia Daily News

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