Black Women

Forget the people telling you: “There was racial harmony before we had a Black president.” “Before Obama all was great.” They are telling lies and there is NO truth residing …

Many Black people have endured generations of: “It’s not that bad.”“You’re overreacting.”“They didn’t mean it.” That pattern is its own harm. “Racism is like a Cadillac. They bring out a …

updated from January 20 2025 This week, I wish you success in distancing yourself from people who plant self-doubt in women and girls.  Many female Survivors from various backgrounds around …

Black women speaking about maternal death are not “race baiting.” This is a call-out of minimization, deflection, and tone policing when mothers and babies are dying. We can remind leaders …

  Title: At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance–A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power …

Updated from January 28, 2024 Black History Month is not a highlight reel. It is a living inheritance. A remembering of courage carried quietly, brilliance cultivated against the odds, and …

 updated from 2/2/ 2025   Without Black women, the miracles of  Black history would not be possible.      So much of who I am, I owe to the women …

Like every abused woman and child Black Americans reside in a county that pushes us to “move on“,  “get over it“, and “forgive and forget“. Heavy emphasis on the forget. …

We were previously warned. Rather than shutting down Black people when we speak about pain, suffering, and systemic abuse…why not treat it as an warning? An alert. So that we …

It is harder to ignore now. Some people noticed it earlier but now it is getting harder to ignore isn’t it? Across cultures, languages, and generations, many Survivors are naming …