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Vila Kennedy Celebrates Black Awareness Month

By Leland Christy, Nicole Froio • November 20, 2014

Clique aqui para Português When he was a kid, William Reis looked at himself in the mirror and wished his skin was lighter, his nose thinner, his hair straighter and his eyes blue. In his […]