'Land of the Fee' author and Mizzou history professor DEVIN FERGUS takes us back the beginning of Black History Month - did you know it started as Black History Week? - and then invites everyone to a handful of (virtual) events later this month sponsored by various committees at the University of Missouri. February 8, 2021
Paul Pepper: Author/Professor Devin Fergus, "The History of Black History Month"
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