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Black History Month 2024 has begun. Here's this year's theme and other things to know

Scott Neuman
Jonathan Franklin

Updated February 01, 2024

Large crowds gather at the Washington Monument and around the reflecting pool to demonstrate for civil rights on Aug. 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C. (AP)

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