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Open Season: Jordan Davis, Kasandra Perkins, and Jovan Belcher.
17-year-old Jordan Davis (pictured left) was murdered on November 23 in a dispute over loud music. He was unarmed. Kasandra Michelle Perkins (pictured right, with newborn daughter Zoey) was killed in a...
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I Am No Sybrina Fulton: On Single Mothers, Loss, and Hope.
Sybrina Fulton, center, in happier times, with sons Jahvaris Fulton (left), and Trayvon Martin (right). Credit: Twitter Here is the difference: I can check out. There are days when my heart holds...
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The Crystal Stair Series: Jamie to Son.
The Crystal Stair Series, named for Langston Hughes’ iconic poem, “Mother to Son,” is an ongoing initiative that provides a platform for mothers to tell the world about their beautiful, complicated...
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He’s Black and He’s Human: An Open Letter Against Implicit Bias.
Damali Robertson (seated left) with her teen son. At first glance he’s a swagged-out hip-hop head. His Beats by Dre headphones boom with songs by Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Drake, and Biggie....
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