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Almost 70 years ago, Dorothy Flood was denied access to a train dining car because she was black. Now, after finally dining in a first-class car, she says she’ll never ride another train again.

Present and Unaccounted For :Black Women in Medicine 

"True the Black woman did the housework, the drudgery; true, she reared the children, often alone, but she did all of that while occupying a place on the job market, a place her mate could not get or which his pride would not let him accept.And she had nothing to fall back on: not maleness, not whiteness, not ladyhood, not anything. And out of the profound desolation of her reality she may very well have invented herself."

Toni Morrison

#2chainzvoice TRU.

(Source: legacy.library.ucsb.edu)

Sacrifice Your Self Doubt Karin Turner

Sacrifice Your Self Doubt Karin Turner

Salute.

"• Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me."
— Zora Neale Hurston
Heart and Soul The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson

Heart and Soul The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson

"Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living."
— Mary McLeod Bethune
"When you don’t provide a space in society for people who you think are the other or different, especially transgender women, especially transgender women of color, when you don’t provide spaces for them to be in a safe environment or a safe space, whether it’s socializing or services, this is what happens,” Martell’s friend Tiffany Woods told ABC7."

37 year old  Brandy Martell found murdered in Oakland,CA

23 year old  Paige Clay found murdered in Chicago, IL

Because I care.

xxKCBxx

(Source: theroot.com)