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‘You Are the Foundation Upon Which I Stand’: 30 Black Women on Their Role Models

Feb 16, 2021

In her ode to Black women, the poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote: Sisters, where there is cold silence no hallelujahs, no hurrahs at all, no handshakes, no neon red or blue, no smiling faces prevail. The poem is a call to persevere—even in the face of hardship and...

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