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Week #2: Beyond The Colored Line: Inside Interracial Marriages with Author Lisa Tetting
It’s kind of hard to believe this today, but as recent as 1967, there was actually state laws that banned interracial marriage. These laws weren’t overturned until the Supreme Court case, Loving vs. Virginia in 1967. In that case, the Supreme Court found that it was unconstitutional for the state of Virginia to ban interracial… Continue reading
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ARCs for Honest Reviews! Creeping Shadow – A YA Fantasy
Originally posted on Caroline Peckham: So I’m releasing my baby to the world at last! Two years and a lot of hardwork, sweat and tears have got me here and now I’m looking for reviews on Goodreads and (when the time comes) Amazon! ☺️ So if you love YA fantasy and would like to read… Continue reading
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Personify Your Posts
I actually wrote this post last night, though I did not have the time to post it. As the night welcomed us into another day, the sun lowering itself deeper into the bowels of the skies and the moon resurrecting into a position perfect enough to shine its light on the Earth, I was encouraged… Continue reading
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Writer’s Quote Wednesday – Getting Naked
Put your stones back in your pocket, there’s nothing freaky going on here. Minds out the gutters please. Great, now we can begin. For today’s episode of Writer’s Quote Wednesday, Colleen has asked us to appreciate a few poets. Initially, I was going to share something from Melvin B. Tolson but I have instead chosen… Continue reading
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You Don’t Have to Do What Everyone Else is Doing
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that your words flutter nervously across the page in anxious anticipation of acceptance. I can see the dilating pupil of uncertainty starring back at me, for you have let others define you. It’s not enough that you wear societies clothing, listen to its music, read its books… Continue reading
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Know your Lane
Originally posted on Write, Live and Love: A lot of people tend to speak on subjects in which they know nothing about. We want to peg ourselves as experts, yet haven’t done the edtensive research behind those aspects; or better yet, they just have not lived in them. I like to believe that there is… Continue reading
