Errol Crockett

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I Gave My Product Away for Free… and Built a 4,000-Customer Email List

Most entrepreneurs believe giving something away means losing money. I used to think the same thing. At one point, I had nearly 200 potential customer contacts sitting on business cards that I never used. I didn’t yet understand how to turn interest into momentum. Everything changed when I discovered one simple truth: People will gladly […]

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Freedom Didn’t Only Escape North: The Southern Border History Forgot

In grammar school, we learned a single direction for freedom. North. We learned the story of Harriet Tubman, who is often quoted as saying she freed hundreds of enslaved people and could have freed more if only they had known they were enslaved. We were taught about the Underground Railroad, coded quilts, the North Star,

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When My Grandmother Said Kiba: How I Discovered My Gullah Geechee Roots Through Language, Quilts, and Fire

When My Grandmother Said Kiba A Personal Journey Into Gullah Geechee History I did not discover Gullah Geechee history in a classroom. I found it in a Bible. It was a Bible written entirely in the Gullah Geechee language. As I tried to read it, one word kept appearing again and again: “Gwine.” I didn’t

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