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R. Kelly (Getty/Mike Pont)

Time's Up: R. Kelly's #MeToo moment

Rachel Leah
R. Kelly (Getty/Mike Pont)

Are you next, R. Kelly?

Rachel Leah
(MSNBC)

America's war on Black girls

Brittney Cooper
Mo'ne Davis (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

Black girls' sexual burden

Brittney Cooper
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We are failing black girls

Jenny Kutner
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"It’s a form of child abuse"

Katie McDonough
Towson University debate team members Ameena Ruffin and Korey Johnson, after winning the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) national championship. (Handout Photo)

Racism invades college debate

Brittney Cooper
Michelle Obama (whitehouse.gov)

I want these girls back

Brittney Cooper
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Relisha Tenau Rudd (AP/FBI)

A black girl's constant fear

Brittney Cooper
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