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  • The Head and Heart of the Matter

    July 7, 2008

    • The other day, my 8-year old granddaughter, Emma Jean asked why was I so gung ho for Obama.  "I thought you said its time for a woman to be president," she told me.Should I tell Emma, I wondered, that even though Black women were on the front lines of suffrage (Sojourner Truth) and civil rights, (Rosa Parks) that there are more  Black women living in poverty, earning ...