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On the recordJanuary 29, 1996
African American History Month provides a special opportunity for teachers and schools to celebrate this ongoing process and to focus on the many African Americans whose lives have shaped our common experience.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Proclamation 6863—National African American History Month, 1996

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