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At 99, Grace Lee Boggs is rather matter-of-fact when you ask her about aging: "It's like preparing for disability," she deadpans.
Donnalou Stevens can't believe her good fortune. What started out as a little ditty she wrote and sang with a bunch of girlfriends at a party is gathering steam as a joyful anthem for women who embrace their aging bodies.
If you're celebrating National Soul Food Month and Juneteenth this month, you're probably well acquainted with crispy fried chicken, ham hock-laden collard greens, smothered pork chops and gooey macaroni and cheese.
Her name is Harriette Thompson. But you can call her Wonder Woman.
You can say that one merry band does indeed march to the beat of a different drummer.
T Michael Harty, 59, works out every day. But he doesn't use elliptical trainers, weight machines or stationary bicycles.
Who knew that counting beads could help change the world? Mary Fisher had a notion it would.
Melvin Morris vividly remembers the day in September 1969 when he became a war hero in the eyes of others.
After her husband passed away in 2007 following a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease, Reva Balogh searched for something to fill her time. Then, reaching into her own childhood, she found it.
W.E.B. Du Bois. Mary McLeod Bethune. Stokely Carmichael. Malcolm X. Martin Luther King Jr. These are names of civil rights leaders you're likely to hear during Black History Month. But here's one you may not: T. Thomas Fortune.
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