The summer of 1988 brought a nationwide heatwave, bad boy Bobby Brown’s hit-laden Don’t Be Cruel LP, and the end of Valencia Nicholson’s sophomore year of college. Her usual excitement about heading home from Florida A&M was tempered by her reluctance to leave Naomi — the girlfriend who was quickly becoming her first love. Now officially a Psychology m…
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