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Foundation honors Nearest Green, the slave who taught Jack Daniel to make whiskey
Author Fawn Weaver is determined to keep the distiller’s legacy alive
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Ten-year-old designer Kheris Rogers on why she’s Flexin’ in My Complexion
After being bullied for her dark skin, she started a clothing line to inspire others
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Troy Mullins is long drive golf champion but she’s striving for the LPGA
The golfer says she plays at a different level: ‘I hit the ball like a guy’
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Seamstress Rose Ellis is a ‘wedding angel’ to panicked brides in Oklahoma
After a bridal chain abruptly closed with wedding dresses still inside, Ellis rescued dresses and is performing alterations for free
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Carmelo Anthony goes home to Baltimore for ‘Day of Giving’
Anthony says it’s been an ’emotional roller coaster’ but stays silent about his NBA future
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This man started the Facebook page ‘A Message from God’ and now has 1.3 million followers
Lee Eric Smith’s messages help people through their difficult journeys
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Chicago Bears linebacker Jerrell Freeman performs Heimlich maneuver on lawyer
Lunch at a Texas airport turns into a lifesaving mission
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Esperanza Spalding heads to Harvard as a professor and drops new project, ‘Exposure’
The singer will livestream from the studio beginning Sept. 12
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Spelman offers two scholarships for LGBTQ students through Levi Watkins Jr. Scholars Program
The school is also launching a lecture series that will examine race, gender and sexuality