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SOUL

In the context of Black cultural life, writes English professor Freeburg, "soul is the one-word answer to this question: The first " how Black people connect to each other inside their homes and institutions," while the second concerns finding and creating community and extended family.

SOUL

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In the context of Black cultural life, writes English professor Freeburg, "soul is the one-word answer to this question:

The first " how Black people connect to each other inside their homes and institutions," while the second concerns finding and creating community and extended family.

Finally, transcendence involves overcoming difficult, even seemingly impossible, obstacles to individual and social progress.

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In the context of Black cultural life, writes English professor Freeburg, "soul is the one-word answer to this question: The first " how Black people connect to each other inside their homes and institutions," while the second concerns finding and creating community and extended family. Finally, transcendence involves overcoming difficult, even seemingly impossible, obstacles to individual and social progress.

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