15 Black Folklore Stories to Know Ahead of Spooky Season

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If you’re Black, you’ve been told by someone in your family about some haint, a reappearing phantom or a folktale that left you with chills. In honor of spooky season coming, it’s only right for us to recount some of our Black favorites. Read more…

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