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An Open Book

n the early 2000s, Carla Ladd found herself facing a secular crisis. “I needed to be around more people who look like me,” she says, “and the only place I was finding that was at church.” When Ladd searched, the directory she launched in 2002, contains hundreds of listings that help countless people explore the metro area’s vibrant Black community.

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