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February is Black History month, which means that every year we remember the African Americans who have made history and made America what it is today — often with little recognition.

120 Black History Facts:

Fact #1: As a child, Muhammad Ali was refused an autograph by his boxing idol, Sugar Ray Robinson. When Ali became a prizefighter, he vowed to never to deny an autograph request, which he honored throughout his career.

Fact #2: Ali, the self-proclaimed "greatest [boxer] of all time," was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th-century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.

Fact #3: Allensworth is the first all-Black Californian township, founded and financed by African Americans.

Created by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth in 1908, the town was built with the intention of establishing a self-sufficient city where African Americans could live their lives free of racial prej