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Independent Lens | Pounding the Pavement for Black History | PBS

Duration: 02:30
Program: Independent Lens #1315
Broadcast Date: Feb. 16, 2012

Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman hits the streets of New York to collect signatures in favor expanding Black History Month beyond February. In the process, he hears arguments both for and against observing a single Black History Month.

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