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”The devil said, I'm not evil. Not really. How could I be? Ain't nothing in me God ain't put there. Ain't a thing in my heart God didn't smile upon. All I want is to get back home.”Rickey Fayne -The Devil Three Times An audacious debut spanning eight generations of a Black family in West …
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"You know, friends, much has been made about whether George Floyd's heart was enlarged, whether it was too big. But the real question here, and the real fact, is that Derek Chauvin's heart was too small." Keith Ellison Lissa talks with MN Attorney General and author Keith Ellison about his experience with the trial of …
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