Skillful, enterprising and optimistic, Mary Seacole overcame racism as well as sexism to lead an adventurous life in the 19th century.
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The backstory on last month’s blog post
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An industry of pseudo-scientific, legal, theological, fiction and nonfiction writing has been devoted to poisonous lies about African-Americans. The truth could set America free.
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You don’t have to break quarantine to research your DNA.
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Every question asked during the Seder has an answer.
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Technology can be put to use to remind us of what we share and to help us share it. Not just the new technology of social media platforms that bring us together virtually across time and space, but the old tech that is a book – an ink-and-paper TARDIS that broadens your mind in unexpected ways as soon as you open the cover.
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In solidarity and humility.
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