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A Multifaceted Event: Juneteenth Shines a Light on Fathers, the Need for Foster Homes, and African-American Culture

Sandra Austin doesn’t think fathers get the respect they deserve. She tells a story about a man she knows whose significant other passed away. They had been raising six kids together—and four of them aren’t biologically his own. Nonetheless, he’s carrying on: He’s now a single father, and doing everything he can for those six […]

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