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Americans commemorate the heritage of African-Americans every February in what is known as African American History Month, yet little is known about the association that started the tradition and what it is doing now. James Stewart is the current pre

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VOA慢速英语2012 THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Life in the 1970s and 1980s

THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Life in the 1970s and 1980s STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we look back at some of the social issues and c