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The New York State Education Department and The Education Trust—New York

teamed up in February 2018 to create a powerful social media campaign for Black

History Month. The campaign highlighted the New York State My Brother’s

Keeper (MBK) initiative and featured quotes from students participating in the

state’s many wonderful MBK programs.

Today's students will write the next chapter of Black history, so we asked them

what they want the future to look like. Our social media campaign,

#MyHistoryMyFuture, featured inspiring quotes from 47 students. All of the

quotes are included in this document.

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