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Deborah Santana | Deborah Santana

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Jul.12.2011
July 18, 2011 is Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday. A cause for celebration, this is a day to remember and honor the world-changing work of the former President of South Africa, who was a powerful political prisoner and freedom fighter. In October 2006, I was part of a delegation of artists and...
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Feb.28.2011
It was my great pleasure to be in conversation with Bay Area phenomenal woman, Belva Davis, the West Coast’s first black female television journalist, at New York City’s Strand Bookstore on February 23, 2011. Award-winning journalists joined Belva in celebration of her new memoir, Never In My...
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Feb.28.2011
I began researching my genealogy when my first child was born. I began with my father’s family because I had an aching desire to understand the origins of my black ancestors. How does my history blend with and inform my current sense of self? How did I get from Louisiana, where my father was born,...