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They Look Like My Girls. And For Them, We Fight On.

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By Shalise Manza Young Verified
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By Shalise Manza Young The faces of agony. The faces of despair. On a few, the face of resignation and peace. Dozens of them, floating in a virtual ocean. Within the first few minutes of a recent visit to the stellar Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, I almost turned around and walked out after turning a corner and seeing this exhibit, representing the estimated 2 million trafficked Africans who died during the Middle Passage, the 5,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
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What If Obama Had ...?

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By Shalise Manza Young Verified
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By Shalise Manza Young In July 2008, an illustrated New Yorker magazine cover depicted Barack Obama in traditional Muslim garb fist-bumping his wife, Michelle, who had a massive Afro and a long gun slung across her back. The couple was in the Oval Office, with an American flag burning in the fireplace and a portrait of Osama Bin Laden on the wall above.
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Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend Hosted a Party. And the Haters Showed Up.

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By Shalise Manza Young On the eve of the French Open, Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend co-hosted an intimate dinner party for other Black tennis players who would be at the tournament — by photos, it looked like six people in all. Osaka noted that some invitees were unable to attend, but think about that number: six. There are 256 men and women in the singles’ draws alone at the Open, and dozens more who play on a doubles team.
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