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If America continues to appropriate Black icons and whitewash their legacies, then it's time to set aside those Black icons, argues MYCHAL DENZEL SMITH in this adaptation from his new book, Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream

September 1 2020 Mychal Denzel Smith Carlton Davis
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If America continues to appropriate Black icons and whitewash their legacies, then it's time to set aside those Black icons, argues MYCHAL DENZEL SMITH in this adaptation from his new book, Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream

September 1 2020 Mychal Denzel Smith Carlton Davis

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