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jonetta rose barrasSep 14, 20237 min readRuth Simmons' Hardscrabble journey from East Texas to elite higher educationWHEN the galley for Ruth J. Simmons’ memoir — Up Home: One Girl’s Journey — arrived in my mailbox a few months ago, I couldn’t wait to...
jonetta rose barrasMay 10, 20226 min readThe River Spoke My NameI can’t remember exactly what prompted the ritual of spending many of my Saturdays during my youth in the French Quarter of New Orleans....
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