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STORIES BUILT FROM SURVIVAL

What we were taught to dismiss as “old ways” were survival systems built under pressure. Psalms & Potions uncovers how Black Americans adapted to disease, labor, environment, and control and what that means for the body today.

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SURVIVAL WAS SYSTEMATIC

Before it had names, our ancestors already knew how to respond. Through observation, repetition, and necessity, systems were built to survive what they were facing. Psalms & Potions uncovers how those systems worked and what they mean now.

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