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EPISODE · Jan 19, 2026 · 26 MIN

Black girlhood in photos and writing

from The Documentary Podcast · host BBC World Service

Black girls performing in a parade on the streets of Chicago and playing in the surf at Martha's Vineyard offer a glimpse of what it is like, growing up in the United States today. Sisters Salamishah and Scheherazade Tillet are using photographs and words to capture the lives of girls from two very different communities.

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