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\nMy son came home from school, told me that his school wasn't doing anything for Black History Month and then just stood there looking me in the eye like \"So what you gonna do Dad.\" So I stepped up and recorded this episode about famous...\nMy son came home from school, told me that his school wasn't doing anything for Black History Month and then just stood there looking me in the eye like \"So what you gonna do Dad.\" So I stepped up and recorded this episode about famous Black men and women whose inventions allowed for important steps forward in electricity and communication from the lightbulb to the internet to rollercoasters!\n
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5:02
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9th - Higher Ed
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Social Studies & History
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\nThe Black History Buff\n\n
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2021
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English
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american history, special effects, lewis latimer, inventors, light, electricity, african american history, filaments, black history month
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