{"id":84212,"date":"2012-02-03T14:24:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T21:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=84212"},"modified":"2012-02-03T14:24:39","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T21:24:39","slug":"3000-students-watch-red-tails-to-celebrate-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/02\/03\/3000-students-watch-red-tails-to-celebrate-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"3000 Students Watch Red Tails To Celebrate Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Red Tails&#8221; is a movie meant to inspire as well as educate, and the people of the Southern California school districts have used the film to teach their 3000 students. <\/p>\n<p>The students attended a screening of the film across 18 screens at the AMC Del Amo Theater Feb. 1. 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