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Collected Item: “Phoenix Zoo & black history month”

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Phoenix Zoo & black history month

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

This is a text story with a photo attached.

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This is a Facebook post made by the Phoenix Zoo. In this post the Phoenix Zoo interviewed an African American zookeeper, specifically for the elephants, on her life journey becoming a keeper. It shows that black history month is important to the Phoenix Zoo and gives a different perspective on this occasion.

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#HST494, #blackvoices, #blackhistorymonth, #ASU

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https://www.facebook.com/PhoenixZoo/posts/10158934299829707

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Phoenix Zoo

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2021-02-27
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