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Smithsonian Channel Presents Black History Month

Honoring the achievements. Remembering the struggle.

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Marian Anderson in Concert

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Let Your Motto Be Resistance

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

Curator Deborah Willis describes the National Museum of African American History and Culture's first exhibit.

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