black women
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Protect Black Women: Chicago Mayor says City Must Improve on Finding Missing Black Women and Girls
Cases of missing Black women are girls are ignored disproportionately compared to white women
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Past, Present and Future: MasterClass Takes on Black History, Freedom and Love With a Brilliant Cast
Some of America's greatest minds join the streaming platform as instructors for a three-part, over 50-lesson series.
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Joshua Jackson Says Jodie Turner-Smith’s Home Birth Was Due to U.S. Healthcare’s ‘Horrendous Track Record With Black Women’
The actor discussed his wife's birth plan and interracial marriage in the context of COVID, the Black maternal health crisis and 2020's racial justice movement.
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PageTurners: Manifesting Black Joy Across All Genres
Black literature is something to be celebrated year-round but during this month of socially distanced debauchery, Black authors have set us bookworms up for success. On only the second day of February, many authors pulled out all of the stops and have given us memoirs, short stories, debut novels and untold stories. Journal prompts and…
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PageTurners: Historic Black Women and the Literary Legacies They've Paved
It has already been a historic year for Black women, and this week we can reflect on the legacies of history-making women who paved the way for our successes today. The long-awaited biography Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells; Cicely Tyson’s, Just as I Am: A Memoir; and…
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Stacey Abrams Is Not Your Superhero, Mule or God. She Is a Black Woman With a Vision You Can Honor by Showing Up for Black Women, Too
There’s a thin line between celebration and the kind of deification that can veer into a sort of dehumanization, and too many people seem to cross it when it comes to Black women. In the wake of Rev. Raphael Warnock’s history-making election to the Senate and Jon Ossoff’s anticipated victory in his own race, accolades…