29
Aug
2012
To Tell Our Truth, pt. 1
It’s like hearing a song from your past in the car speakers beside you at a stoplight, or when a favorite book cover winks at you from behind the fingers of a fellow traveler. An artificial familiarity, but comforting just the same. A table of professional African American women, still in their heels and lined […]
29
Aug
2012
To Tell our Truth, pt. 2
…continued from “To Tell Our Truth, Part 1” “We have to do more of this!” new Michelle says, gesturing to our tabletop of appetizer plates and empty glasses. We nod and toast in agreement. A 2007 American Bar Association report titled “Visible Invisibility” describes how black women in the legal profession face the “double burden” […]