| Introduction |
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| More Than Skin Deep |
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2 | (5) |
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7 | (2) |
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My First Love: Skratching |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (4) |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (2) |
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The Twenty Words I Never Understood |
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20 | (2) |
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You Are You But I Am Black |
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22 | (1) |
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A Page From My Diary: Black And Beautiful |
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23 | (3) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (3) |
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34 | (2) |
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Searching for a Little Respect |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (4) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (4) |
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I Wish...I Wish...I Wish!!! |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (3) |
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| Our Roots |
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58 | (47) |
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59 | (5) |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (4) |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (2) |
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Through Those Articulate Eyes |
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76 | (3) |
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Ugat: My Village in India |
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79 | (3) |
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Dady's Girl and Life's Lessons |
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82 | (4) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (7) |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (3) |
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| Person To Person |
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105 | (33) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (2) |
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Vain Imaginings and Other Artifacts |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (3) |
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Battered Butterfly: A Story of an Abusive Relationship |
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126 | (4) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (4) |
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| Ourselves Inside and Out |
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138 | (41) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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The Child of Our Younger Years |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (4) |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (4) |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (3) |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (3) |
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| Sharing Our Sorrows |
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Death of a Grandmother, Loss of a Friend |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (3) |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (3) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (2) |
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V. M.: Violence and Abuse |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (1) |
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| Reclaiming Our Voices |
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213 | (30) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (2) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (3) |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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The Struggle: Black, Light-Skinned, and Smart |
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237 | (3) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (2) |
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| Acknowledgments |
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