Author: Tonya GJ Prince

Jim Crow Had Graves Attached to It
For some families, Jim Crow is not a metaphor. It is not a debate tact [...]

Civil Rights: Focus is How a People Stop Being Managed and Start Being Heard
Civil rights victories were not born from scattered attention. They we [...]

Why Female Suffering Deserves Its Own Language, Its Own Care, and Its Own Honor
Why is one person’s discomfort treated as urgent while another person’ [...]

Black Women Do Not Ever Have to Sacrifice Safety to Prove Solidarity
And do not use Black people’s current struggle as a cloak for taking f [...]

The Fable of the Flame that Would Not Bow: The Importance of Help Seeking Language in Troubled Times
Discouragement is part of the battle. It always has been. But defeatis [...]

Truth Shouldn’t Require a Protest: Journalism, Institutions, and the 12 Events That Changed History
Truth telling is not a luxury.
It is not a reward.
It is the baselin [...]

Jim Crow Was About Stripping Boundaries-Not Setting Them
Someone is telling on themselves....... In Jim Crow America, Bl [...]

The Montgomery Bus Boycott Was Not a Feel-Good Story. It Was a Power Manual.
Since those who seek to despoil study, you have to be a [...]

How to Fight Social Narcissism: What Racism and Relationship Narcissism Have in Common
Some patterns are so familiar that our bodies recognize them before ou [...]

We Don’t Close Doors Around Here: When Women’s Privacy Becomes Negotiable, Women Are in Danger (w/affirmations)
Living in the West is not what makes a woman safe. Privacy is not [...]