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at the luncheon. Americans celebrate Black History Month every year in February.

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Luke Air Force Base. The books were provided from the base library.

Photos by Staff Sgt. Grace Lee

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speaker, spoke to Thunderbolts about African-American history, his family history and
more. This year’s theme was “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African-American Memories”
which was selected by the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History.

The chocolate- Thunderbolts ate from a lunch buffet of southern-style barbecue favorites includ-
vanilla cake ing barbecue chicken, pulled pork, green beans and more.
served at the
Black History
Month luncheon
sits decorated
with this year’s
theme. During
the luncheon,
participants were
educated about
the history be-
hind the month
and the achieve-
ments by African-
Americans were
highlighted.