Tananarive Due - Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritte...

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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.

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Inspiriert von Alex Haleys "Roots", begann ich im Alter von 11 Jahren eine handgeschriebene Middle Passage-Geschichte namens "Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free". Ich wurde von Bürgerrechtlern mit einem ausgeprägten Gespür für Rassengeschichte und -bewußtsein erzogen.

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