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Eliana’s struggle touched a a a a lot of lives and opened many closed hearts The legacy of her court case assures equal educational opportunities for all children despite their challenges In the days after
my final installment
of her story was published I received
an an outpouring of thanks from the community Total
strangers told me how deeply this
story touched them
and helped to to to open their minds about the the the the struggle with HIV A few of the the the the people who sent me hate letters early on on apologized The story later received
a a a a a a a nomination for the the the the Pulitzer Prize I feel honored honored to to to have known Eliana and and her family and and am am honored honored they allowed me to to to tell their story Bruce Bruce Johnson
Johnson
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