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Fannie Mae Lewis’ home symbolizes her values and commitments. A sparkling, freshly cleaned white Lincoln that her husband Harry carefully maintains stands in the driveway. He also tends the colorful flowers in the well-landscaped yard that communicates pride of place. Inside, her spotless white carpet and meticulously arranged living room show the care she takes in presenting her home. Lewis wears slippers to protect the carpet from the ubiquitous Camden spring mud. Upon entering her home, I feel impelled to remove my shoes as well.
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Gloria Ladson-Billings, “Landing on the Wrong Note: The Price We Paid for Brown.” Educational Researcher 33 (2004): 7.
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Gloria Ladson-Billings, “From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools” Educational Researcher 35 (2006): 7.
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Willink, K. (2009). Working toward Integration: White-School Cafeteria Worker by Day, a Black Mom for Integration by Night. In: Bringing Desegregation Home. Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230100572_9
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