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A Journey of Faith, Perseverance and Triumph by Sonja B. Vaughan Book review by Phyliss Boatwright Reading this Book is Like Sitting on the Porch, Chatting with the Author. Every now and then, I find a book that touches my heart in a way that is hard to describe. That’s exactly what happened when I read Person County native Sonja ...

by Karla Mitchell Diggs Book review by Phyliss Boatwright Person Native Tells Powerful Story of 1920s Harlem in her Cotton Club Princess, Person County native Karla Mitchell Diggs, who grew up in Woodsdale, tells a heartbreaking, heartwarming, ultimately uplifting and inspiring historical tale set in New York during the Harlem Renaissance. The book won the 2017 Indie Human Relations Book ...