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They include a pantheon of influential figures, old and new — James Baldwin, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Muhammad Ali, LeBron James, Duke Ellington, Kendrick Lamar — arranged in such categories as Catalysts, Myth-Breakers and Fathering.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2021

But he also had to learn a new skill set, more difficult than an on-demand fade: Fathering.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2014

A decade later, in 2008, the National PTA — a 5.5-million-member organization headquartered in Alexandria, Va. — paired with the National Center for Fathering in the hope of getting more active male members.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2012

"Fathering is a major job," he says, "but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me."

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