#SayHerName grew from the need to make sure Black women were not left out of conversations about police violence in America. Women such as Rekia Boyd, Atatiana Jefferson and Sandra Bland became some of the best-known names associated with the movement, but there are many others whose stories never received the same national attention.
The women remembered through #SayHerName did not all die under the same circumstances. Some were killed during encounters with police, while others died in custody. What connects their stories is the effort to make sure Black women are remembered as individuals, not forgotten names or statistics. Learning what happened to them is part of understanding the wider history of race, policing and justice in America. #BlackHistory #SayHerName #BlackWomen
This is truly the most beautiful video I’ve seen lately
So tender and heart-warming, yet it makes you stop and reflect, with a subtle touch of sadness
We may have gained so much, but perhaps we’ve lost even more✨
"A lie told once is questioned. A lie repeated often enough becomes accepted. And once it becomes 'common sense,' people stop investigating it. That is how deception survives."
~ Malcolm X
Yes, I wrote a book series about a Black boy going to a magical HBCU to learn his ancestral magic.
He’s a Black boy that often gets held to higher standard. But he’s vulnerable, strong, flawed, super powerful.
#BloodattheRoot
Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.
How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.