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Black History Month
Black History Month celebrates the contributions of African Americans to American history and culture.
- Jackie Robinson Breaks Barriers - Video
- Separate but Not Equal - Video
- Blacks in the Military - Video
Valentine's Day
This holiday celebrates love, romance and the story of St. Valentine.
- Valentine's Day By the Numbers - Infographic
- Valentine's Day History - Video
- The Science of Love - Video
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Women's History
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- Women's History Month
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Events
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Black History
- American Civil Rights
- Black History Month
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- Black Women in Sports
- Civil Rights Movement
- Civil Rights Act
- Frederick Douglass
- Greensboro Sit-In and the Sit-In Movement
- Harriet Tubman
- Integration of Central High School
- March on Washington
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Reconstruction
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- Slavery in America
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U.S. Presidents
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Colonial America
- The 13 Colonies
- American Revolution
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- Battle of Long Island
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- Benedict Arnold
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- Boston Massacre
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- Charles Cornwallis
- The Continental Congress
- The Culper Spy Ring
- Declaration of Independence
- George Washington
- Jamestown Colony
- John Adams
- John Burgoyne
- John Hancock
- John Rolfe
- Battles of Lexington and Concord
- The Mayflower
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- Myles Standish
- Narragansett
- Paul Revere
- The Pilgrims
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- Thomas Jefferson
- Thanksgiving
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- Valley Forge
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U.S. Government
World War II
- Adolf Hitler
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- Winston S. Churchill
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Civil War
- The 54th Massachusetts Infantry
- Abraham Lincoln
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- Harriet Tubman
- The Irish Brigade
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- Women in the Civil War
Vietnam War
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People
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