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Gretchen Sorin
Professor, State College of New York
Gretchen Sorin is distinguished professor and director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York. She is also the author of "Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights." Image credit: Richard Walker