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Someone is telling on themselves……. In Jim Crow America, Black people—especially Black women and girls—were forbidden from having boundaries: A Black woman couldn’t say no to a white man’s advances …

You fight dehumanization by refusing to let people become symbols, threats, jokes, rumors, or “problems” before they are recognized as human beings. The Civil Rights Movement gives us a powerful …

updated from November 25, 2025 Staying informed is an act of power. Because once you see how the system works, you stop begging for fairness and start demanding change. Some …

updated from June 22, 2025 Nina Simone’s song, “Four Women,” is powerful because each woman has been made into someone else’s story. Aunt Sarah is expected to carry pain. Saffronia …

Too many women have called a hotline or support number that I was working for where this behavior was a part of her story.  Only now they were in serious …

I’ve seen the meme of her so often. You may have too. She was a woman from Brazil who was harmed “by mistake,” they say. Accused of being an informant. …

In the heat of July 1963, a group of Black girls in Americus, Georgia—aged just 12 to 15—were arrested for marching peacefully against segregation at a whites-only movie theater. Their …

If you are a Black person, you know what it is like when the “both sides” playbook is used against you. You know what it is like to be pushed …

updated from September 20, 2025 Proverbs 12:19 puts it this way….. “Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.” When victims of abuse summon the courage …

There is language that has been troubling my soul. As a Womanist historian, I know that misinformation is not just an error; it is a weapon used to disarm the …