Black Maternal death rates have everything to do with the lived experience of being a black woman in America.
Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis by Linda Villarosa
excerpt from "The Hidden Toll," by Linda Villarosa.
Little Black Girls Are Killing Themselves. Does Anyone Care Enough to Figure Out Why? By Dr. Imani J. Walker
Suicide Rates for Black Children Twice that of White Children, New Data Show
On Suicide, Depression and Loving Black Children by Gioncarlo Valentine
Adults View Black Girls As Less Innocent Than White Girls, Research Shows by Ben Chapman
‘They’ve Been Invisible’: Seattle Professor Studies Role of Black Grandmothers in Society
LaShawnDa Pittman made RealBlackGrandmothers.com, a place where people can post testimonials about their grandmothers, and archive the experience of the women “who have played such an important, and unsung role in American society.”
-- Nicole Brodeur
Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Kofi Siriboe Makes An Urgent Case For Discussing Black Mental Health
His new short documentary, “WTF Is Mental Health?,” seeks to define mental health and undo some of the preconceived notions people have about it. -- Taryn Finley
When Therapy Is a Comfort by Bassey Ikpi
It’s Long Past Time to Face the Complexity Behind Persistent Violent Crime
How do trauma and economic exclusion intersect? How do racially unjust policies — food deserts, under-resourced schools, toxic incinerators placed in poor neighborhoods of color — impact individual decision making? How is toxic and traumatic stress passed on from generation to generation? By Ryan Lugalia-Hollon & Daniel Cooper
The Tragic Story Of Sarah Baartman And The Enduring Objectification Of Black Women by Natasha Mwansa
A Tuskegee Whistleblower
Making Contact: Radio Stories - Fannie Lou Hamer
Mrs. Hamer: Echoes
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Fannie Lou Hamer: Poem by Kamilah Aisha Moon