12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Boston Globe's Black History Month Film Festival celebrates five years — and ‘multitudes of Black experience'
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'So often we've seen Black history as a caveat to American history, when in fact we are very central to that history,' said Erika Slocumb, a history scholar who hosted the 'Legacies' shorts block for New England Public Media, with support from Mass Humanities. 'It's important to not only see ourselves on major media platforms, but also on platforms where the history is highlighted very specifically, in an intentional way. It's an opportunity to witness the multitudes of Black experience.'
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