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LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH
February 01, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release:

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LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement in commemoration of the beginning of Black History Month:

One hundred years ago, Dr. Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month, to celebrate . . .

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