Visual Metaphor of Exhaustion + Protest Legacy Let’s do this for real deep, full-bodied, straight from the soul. We’re talking truth: why “No Kings” sounds good out loud, but for Black folks, it ain’t always enough to pull us out the house and back into the street. Let’s be clear: Black people ain’t scared of the streets. We built the blueprint for protest. If anyone knows about risk, power, and transformation, it’s us. But lately, these movements “No Kings” and all the rest

As a kid, most black girls I knew grew up between a pair of legs. The parting, the greasing, the braiding, the beads. All in the name of...