BLACK GIRLS WE GREW UP WITH 📺🤎
Before many of us knew the word “representation,” we knew the feeling. We knew what it meant to
Before many of us knew the word “representation,” we knew the feeling. We knew what it meant to
There was a time when a singer could stand on a stage, look out at the world, and
There’s something tender about realizing that some of the Black girls we watched on television aren’t girls anymore.
Look back at the Black girls many of us watched growing up. Kim Fields. Regina King. Keshia Knight
Not every Black girl on television was the star. Some were the friend who walked through the front
I am still here, and that alone is a victory. What tried to break me did not get
There was something precious about watching Rudy Huxtable. Olivia Kendall. Judy Winslow. And the little Black girls who
This may be one of the greatest gifts of having many Black girls in our stories. Laura could
Look around. Hair. Fashion. Dance. Music. Language. Beauty. Humor. Style. So much of what Black communities have
Before Moesha was writing in her journal, other Black teenage girls had been growing up on our television