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"To be truthful with you, I'm at war," says [Kenny Sims], 59, reducing his husky voice to a murmur. "It's a war to get [our] children back. ... I don't care about the money, I don't care about the property, don't care about the prestige. I care about the lives of [our] children."
"You know how you say, 'Yeah, right,'" says [Lynne Hayes-Freeland], "[but] then the next day he would bring in a picture, and he'd say, "This is what I'm talking about.' And the next day he'd bring in things he had written and he'd say, 'Here's what I'm talking about'."In the mid-'80s, Sims published "Malcolm the Butterfly" - which asserts the importance of character over color or physical appearance; in the '90s, he published "Aramanita," the story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Eventually, in 2007, Sims published "Litterbug Cowboys," which teaches the importance of living "green."See the full content of this document
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Coloring a New Future
KENNY SIMS AWOKE one day a year-and-a-half ago and realized he could do more. He sold his two houses, gave half the profits to a friend in need, and sent another small portion to his daughter in Atlanta. With the roughly $20,000 left over, he made the investment of his life: he bought 2,500 coloring books.
Now, he's ready for battle."To be truthful with you,...See the full content of this document
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