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A Mighty Convergence: Anthropology, Black History, and Love

I live in New York. By the time February rolls around, I’m over the cold, short, icy, gray, slushy days. I’ve always regarded February as a short miserable month- at least for the weather.  Other aspects of February excite me. When I was in elementary and middle school, because I attended predominately Black schools until […]

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