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  • On the 100th Anniversary of Black History Month, We’ve Come So Far — Yet Still Have So Far to Go

    On the 100th Anniversary of Black History Month, We’ve Come So Far — Yet Still Have So Far to Go

    OPINION: When Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded Negro History Week in 1926, he likely wouldn’t have imagined we’d still be celebrating his legacy a century later.

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    Kwame Raoul,


    Marc H. Morial






    Published

    February 23, 2026
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Kwame Raoul,


Marc H. Morial






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