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Hoardin’

This story comes to us from Jennifer Blowdryer — the name, she writes, comes from the name of her first band. She’s the author of several books, including Modern English: A Photo-Illustrated Trendy Slang Dictionary, and her work has been included in 40 anthologies. In the course of her travels she came across a…

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James and Hattie Bell Brazier had a reputation for a higher standard of living than most blacks and even some whites in the small Georgia town of Dawson. They were African-Americans who owned their home. Between them they worked five…

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