{"id":294802,"date":"2018-02-01T13:55:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T18:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=294802"},"modified":"2018-02-06T16:15:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:15:53","slug":"black-history-month-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/black-history-month-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsors and host organizations across the University are planning events to celebrate black history. This year also marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass. 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