Foreword / by Deborah Santana -- Editing identity : cultural identity, gender, and sexuality. Home going / Natalie Baszile ; look where you're living / Maria Ramos-Chertok ; Indian teritory / Eliana Ramage ; Klansville, USA / Camille Hayes ; The bad Black / Randi Bryant-Agenbroad ; The color of transparency / Shyla Margaret Machanda ; From Negro to Black / La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson ; AWOL WOC / Janine Shiota ; Home : a transgender journey / Mila Jam -- At home in the world : immigration, migration, and the idea of home. Reclaiming indigenous space / Blaire Topash-Caldwell ; Proof of blood / Sara Marchant ; The perfect life / Fabiana Monteiro ; Swimming in the new normal / Shizue Seigel ; Escape from the Cambodian killing fields / Tammy Thea ; This is how you do / Phiroozeh Petigara ; Truth be told / Sridevi Ramanathan ; Home / Porochista Khakpour ; Stay / Michelle Mush Lee -- Trailblazers, hell-raisers, and stargazers : careers, work, and worth. The tireless indispensable / Marian Wright Edelman ; What it takes : a letter to my granddaughter / Belva Davis ; Forever, for always, for Luther / Deborah J. McDuffie ; You're hired! : being African American in education / Dr. K.E. Garland ; Finding home / Kelly Woolfolk ; The tunnel / Veronica Kugler ; Willie Dee / Lalita Tademy ; The payat paradox / Charina Lumley ; Asian American punk / Want Chyi -- With liberty and justice for all : the struggle for social justice and equality. We are America / America Ferrara ; Hope, justice, feminism, and faith / Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro ; Outlaw / Matilda Smith ; The problem with evolving / Ethel Morgan Smith ; What is said / Hope Wabuke ; Invisible women / Menen Hailu ; A hairy situation / Wanda M. Holland Greene ; What's in a name / V.V. Ganeshananthan ; The girl from the ghetto / Deborah L. Plummer -- In a family way: Family and friendship. A pink dress / Jennifer De Leon ; Offerings / Jaime Leon Lin-Yu ; A note to the boy who was my son / Tara Dorabji ; Beloved Halmoni / Miriam Ching Yoon Louie ; An exceptional father / Vicki L. Ward ; Rewriting the story / Meilan Carter-Gilkey ; A letter to my son / Nuris Terrero ; Prison parenting / Rhonda Turpin ; Scolding other people's kids / Soniah Kamal ; Thoughts on Mother's Day / Nayomi Munaweera -- But beautiful... the beauty myth. Doppelganger dreams / Nari Kirk ; Black dolls for everyone / Mercy L. Tullis-Bukhari ; The gift of hair, the gift of joy / Emma McElvaney Talbott ; Touch and go / Maroula Blades ; Invisibility / Nikki Abramson ; Stumbling into beauty / Charmaine Marie Branch ; Not Shirley Temple curls / Dera R. Williams ; New Year's Day / Nira A. Hyman ; Re-searching for a truly American art / Terezita Romo -- The cure for what ails you : transcending illness and trauma. Labor of love / Samina Ali ; A photograph of Martin / Marti Paschal ; Pressing pause / Meera Bowman-Johnson ; A kid like mine / Kristin Leavy Miller ; Learning to thrive / Kira Lynne Allen ; The Black sickness / Jordan Johnson ; Facing fear, finding light / Lisa A. Jones -- A woman's journey is never done : traveling far, wide, and deep. African in America / Ugochi Egonu ; What's left in La Quebrada / Yessenia Funes ; From the middle room to the mountains : the artist within / Nashormeh Lindo -- When life is a crystal stair / Rita Roberts-Turner ; In a world obsessed with passport tiers / Robtel Neajai Pailey ; Small places / Roshila Nair ; The road to El Camino / Denise Diaab.
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