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SNYDER – Jared Dennis, son of Mike and Marcie Dennis, has written a book about Scurry County’s African-American community.“Our Peace,” written by Dennis, is a 21st-century investigation of a 20th-century legacy. It tells a sweeping account of Scurry County’s African-American community from their journey across Texas during the Great Migration and the integration of the Snyder Independent School District.Pulled from the headlines of Snyder’s newspapers and set against a backdrop of the larger Black History of Texas, the story follows one resilient community’s struggle to create a home for themselves in the Jim Crow-era West.– From the Snyder News ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

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