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“The African American family is strong, and they’re very wise,” Jackie Cole said.
“Family means everything to me,” said Jackie’s son, Todd Cole.
Every February, the Association for the Study of African Life and History comes up with a theme for Black History Month. This year’s theme is “The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity.”
“For Black people, family has always been the foundation of our culture,” USF professor Cheryl Rodriguez said.
During slavery, Rodriguez said that foundation was rocked to its core with families who were torn apart. After slavery, those families worked hard to find one another again.