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Harriet Jacobs endured sexual assault and intense labor before escaping to freedom and writing the first-ever autobiography by a Black slave

Last week, a grieving aunt spoke through tears as she shared what happened to her 14-year-old niece. In an 18-minute Facebook video, the woman cried and wailed as she revealed that her niece — her husband’s little sister — had, for at least six years, been raped repeatedly by her own father, Pastor Matthew Gibson. The abuse took place in the bathroom of Gibson’s church, Brooklyn’s Progressive Baptist Church of Brownsville. Gibson, the son of Bishop Ben Gibson, has been arrest

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“For to survive in the mouth of this dragon we call america, we have had to learn this first and most vital lesson – that we were never meant to survive. Not as human beings…Black or not.” – Audre Lorde, Transformation of Silence into Language and Action, Sister Outsider (1984) Black Women’s Blueprint unequivocally stands with the survivor who is going by Anna Chambers, as she speaks her truth and as she fights for justice and accountability from the two NYPD Police Officers

The results of the election left many of us shocked, in despair, and the most marginalized of us (Queer, Trans, Immigrant, Differently Abled), afraid for our safety. I for one, could not stop shaking. As a black woman, living with PTSD from various acts of sexual violence, the election of a self-proclaimed sexual predator to the highest level of office, left me replaying my victimization over and over in my head. As calls to action started to flood in, my anxiety made it d

1. You must let the pain visit. 2. You must allow it teach you 3. You must not allow it overstay. (Three routes to healing) - Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada Photo source: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/young-black-woman-on-wooden-boat-dock-she-looks-stock-video-footage/472903806 You are precious. They will never say this enough to you, Black girl. I say it neither to erase what’s been hard nor to ignore the reasons you don't believe you are but to give you

Photo: Inquiring Minds - Girls and STEM -Here, children take part in a science class, Washington, March 1942 #CosbyWatch: Bill Cosby's trial is set for June 5. Thirteen survivors are courageously testifying. We #BelieveSurvivors and Center Survivors. Tweet with Us: This week Black Women's Blueprint hosted a Twitter Chat #Vision4BlackWomen @blackwomensbp. Type in the hashtag on Twitter to follow the conversation. It is not too late to add your voice! Click here to see the thre