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Timeline
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Story
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My Story
Lessons &
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Resources
In the following story, explore where their character strengths were demonstrated and helped them to overcome challenges and difficulties.
New Orleans was full of music, but it was also a rough place. I often got into trouble and was once sent to live at the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs. But that turned out to be a blessing—I learned to play the cornet and became the leader of the Home’s brass band.
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