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  The Importance of African American history: Believe in fairy tales!   Hi and welcome to the Wiki History lecture series called History is Power! Produced by robinlofton.com where history is power. Today, we begin our 5-minute lecture series about the importance of knowing African American history.  We begin by asking why is history important? Great question. Perhaps the answer can be found in this famous journal entry, which says,   Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star, I’ll believe it.   And whenever I hear someone read fairy tales to my little boy, I’ll listen.   I know that dreams do come true.   I know because I am now playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the big leagues!   I always dreamed about playing for the Dodgers, but honestly, I always had my doubts. I used to tell myself: “Something will happen. It just isn’t in the books for you to play in the majors. You’re a Negro. Negroes haven’t been in the big leagues. Some day they will be. But you wo