BY Heidi Evans To hear writer Julia Alvarez tell it, she was a “terrible” student, until her sixth grade teacher had an inspired idea. She told the Dominican-American girl: “If you don’t find people like you in your books,…
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BY Amaris Castillo (@AmarisCastillo) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Inside the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center Monday night, dozens of people sat and waited patiently. 7 p.m. arrived and left. Many of…