It’s a tie between Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr., Wole Soyinka, and Oprah Winfrey. All are fearless, all know themselves, all have examined themselves, and all are comfortable with what they have seen.
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The producer and host of the docuseries Reconstruction: America After the Civil War and author of Stony the Road talks calligraphy, hitchhiking, and history.
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