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It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. – Henry James, Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne

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I dont want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. – Morgan Freeman

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The past remains integral to us all, individually and collectively. We must concede the ancients their place, as I have argued. But their place is not simply back there in a separate and foreign country; it is assimilated in ourselves, and resurrected into an ever-changing present. – David Lowenthal, The Past Is a Foreign Country

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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. Theres so much more to the story. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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