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Lorraine Spencer – “Interracial Blogger Pioneer”
Adrienne and I hold the utmost respect and admiration for Lorraine Spencer, an interracial blogger and pioneer in the IR blogging space. We think so highly of Lorraine that we wholeheartedly agreed that she would be given the honor of serving as the very first guest on our podcast. We simply can’t say enough good […]