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A Black Church's Dilemma: Preserve A Building, Or Our Identity?

Centennial Baptist Church in Helena, Ark., has deep roots in the African-American community. But poverty and other concerns in this Delta town have made raising restoration funds difficult.

This photograph of Artis Henderson and her husband Miles was taken in 2006, on the day he deployed to Iraq. Miles was killed just a few months later in an Apache helicopter crash. Simon & Schuster hide caption

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Months After Marriage, A Military Wife Becomes An 'Unremarried Widow'

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Boys at a camp for earthquake victims look out from their shelter in Petion-ville, Haiti, outside of Port-au-Prince in November. AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Four Years After Earthquake, Many In Haiti Remain Displaced

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Rachel Garlinghouse is the author of Come Rain or Come Shine: A White Parent's Guide to Adopting and Parenting Black Children. Jill Heupel hide caption

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Transracial Family Gets Double Takes 'Everywhere We Go'

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Filmmaker Asghar Farhadi and cinematographer Mahmoud Kalari discuss a shot during the making of The Past — the new drama from the director of the Oscar-winning A Separation. Carole Bethuel/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption

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From Asghar Farhadi, More Questions Than Answers

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Sunday's Golden Globes celebrate a diverse group of actors. Even so, very few shows feature minorities in leading roles on screen or off. Valerie Macon/Getty Images hide caption

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The Globes Will Be Golden, But Hollywood Remains Mostly White

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