Black History Month Is About More Than Slavery and Dr. King

How this mother is challenging the way we celebrate Black history

Bridgette L. Hylton
ZORA
Published in
7 min readFeb 1, 2021

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Each year during Black History Month I share this letter that I wrote to my local library as a concerned parent in 2017. The library responded graciously and favorably and we have collaborated on the Black History Month display each year since. I share

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