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Hector McDaniel of the Stark NAACP writes about the shared African experience of persistence and faith through hardship.

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The Cucuteni–Trypillia culture is one of the of the oldest civilisations in the world and dates back to 5,000 BC. Since most of its settlements were discovered in the former communist countries ...