It made my very existence possible.

Karen Palmer
New York City, NY
Brooklyn

I am the child of two teachers, the grandchild of a police officer, a seamstress and two farmers, all African-American and alive during the Jim Crow era. I could never have become a college graduate, world traveler, journalist and school founder without their many sacrifices and the example they set for me.


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