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by Harriette Cole onOctober 22, 2010
The author has been fascinated with Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings since she was 12. Receiving a MacArthur Fellowship is just the latest evidence that her quest to tell their story has paid off.
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by Nsenga Burton onSeptember 28, 2010
Brilliance and creativity do pay off.
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March 1, 2010
A mother gathers the experts to school her biracial son on his heritage
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October 26, 2009
Take a look at this selection of African-American MacArthur fellows from 1999 to the present whose creativity and innovation helped them nab the award.
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