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Campus Pulse: If you could have dinner with one black person, alive or dead, for Black History Month who would it be?

Alexis Warren
February 21, 2019
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“It would be Joy DeGruy, she wrote the book, “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome” about how the effects of slavery had long lasting effects on black people today. I would love to know if she see things changing for the better or worse.” Jamariah Morris | English Communications Major
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