Shay Youngblood, Influential Black Author and Playwright, Dies at 64
Briefly

The simple act of centering on the stories of Black women, with barely any references to the men (white or Black) in their lives, is itself an act of resistance.
The women we meet in Youngblood's unapologetically fierce, funny, and ultimately hopeful memory-play-with-music might make you want to jump up at the curtain call and ask all of them to run for office.
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