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BLAC’s May Issue is All Digital
May 8, 2020 · Updated June 5, 2020·By BLAC Staff
BLAC Detroit’s digital May issue is online now! Click through and read the stories of four local COVID-19 survivors, plus more.
May 8, 2020 · Updated June 5, 2020
Amid the constant doom and gloom, local COVID-19 survivors share their stories in our May issue (Page 18). And we answer the – rhetorical? – question about why this virus has been so ruthless to the Black community. Spoiler alert: because racism (Page 22). We marvel at the practical splashed with spiritual cocktail that is “mother wit” (Page 14), peek inside a few new reads from Black women authors (Page 11), shout out the groups working hard during this crisis (Page 10), plus much more!
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