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African-American Quilt Circle: breaking patterns, forging bonds

By Carl Kenney

October 6, 2010

By Natasha Duarte UNC Co-Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Shortly after moving from Eugene, Ore., to Raleigh 10 years ago, Ife Grady was diagnosed with breast cancer. Grady, who had been making silver, gold and copper jewelry for most of her life, was forced to give up her craft. She could no longer be exposed […]

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Local service organization brings community together

By Carl Kenney

March 25, 2010

By Allie McCoy UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Douglass Coleman was just looking for a good meal, like most patrons, when he walked into Kasib Abdullah’s New Visions of Africa restaurant, 306 Fayetteville Rd., in Durham almost two years ago. “But I was drafted into the good army,” said Coleman, a former elementary […]

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