Friends Dr. Samantha Coleman and Sandria Washington both discovered as adults they were adopted. Each quickly learned that Black adoption is common,... more
"How could my life until that point not be the authentic life that I thought I was living?" - Lorna... more
“I just want to get into some ‘good trouble’.” - Ryan Hill, Black, same-race adoptee For as long as Ryan... more
"I don't romanticize my suffering and my trauma and I don't allow other people to do it either." - Aretha... more
What happens when a happy-go-lucky Black boy with a healthy sense of curiosity is silenced by a secret from the... more
"I just believe that the plan for their life and my life is going to exceed everything I've gone through."... more
There’s a price for freedom, and it involves doing your work. For Regina, this meant moving from a place of... more
"Why didn't somebody tell me that I had fibroids? Even if they weren't that big, why didn't somebody tell me... more
Reading through documentation from a half-baked adoption file is the only way to “jarg” Michelle’s repressed memories of her childhood.... more
"All I know is that I was left there and God brought me to where I was supposed to be."... more
"The Woman King," starring Viola Davis, is a box office blockbuster and to our pleasant surprise, it's also a whole... more
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