HeyJaredA Black Girl’s Resting Place by Black Girl Narrative
A digital resting place for Black women. Essays, reflections, and cultural commentary rooted in care, memory, and truth. Always free to read. Part of Black Girl Narrative.
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Nolan Wells Died Once. Mississippi Is Making His Family Bury Him Again. (opens the original)
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There is a particular cruelty in making a Black mother prove that her child belonged to her.Not belonging in the language of possession, but in the language of kinship.That is my baby. I know my child. His life mattered before you knew his name. And if he left this world under circumstances you cannot explain, you do not get to tell me that the absence of an explanation is an answer.I have been thinking about that as I have watched Christine Wonsley fight for answers about the death of her son,
Somebody Always Has a Bobby Pin (opens the original)
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There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from being in a room full of Black women and realizing you need something, because before you have even finished asking, you already suspect somebody has it. It might be a bobby pin, lotion, Advil, gum, a charger, a safety pin, a tampon, edge control, tissues, a pen, or even a snack because whatever you came to has gone on much longer than anybody promised it would. Somehow, somebody’s bag is prepared.“Does anybody have a bobby pin?”Almost imme
Your Job Is to Make it Home: The Instructions Black Children Carry (opens the original)
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When I was growing up, my father ended almost every conversation about me going somewhere with the same instruction: “Your job is to make it home.” It did not matter whether I was leaving for work, school, or some other kind of travel. The instruction was always there, an expected conclusion that somehow made the room feel more ominous. I understood it as a rule then, but I understand it as love now. It was not the easy kind of love that assumes the world will meet you with care, but the kind th
Black Women's Stories Belong in the Historical Record (opens the original)
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Editor’s NoteThis essay marks the beginning of Plain Sight: After Harm, Before Repair, a storytelling and archival project from Black Girl Narrative, developed in partnership with . Throughout the summer, we will publish essays exploring memory, public history, reparations, and the ways Black women have understood and responded to historical harm across generations. Alongside these essays, we are inviting Black women to contribute their own stories to help build a public archive that will culmin
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