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THIS year, this very year, has truly been THAT year. That year for us. Us: Blacks. Taking "W(in)s" after "W's," we've been rising so...

Among the onset of impending gentrification, the historically and predominately black Parramore neighborhood outside Downtown Orlando has...

Every so often I am graced with music that just penetrates my entire soul. It speaks, slowly, but in FULL and LUSH sentences. Punctuated...

I have written enough unsent letters to fill enough books to span a century. They stay within the confines of my ruled journal. They...

A long time coming, but a time that has finally come was the anticipation of my getting my braces put on. It was a long two-year journey...