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Cannabis Is Sparking Collective Healing For Black Women Refinery29 5 hrs ago Siraad Dirshe
Whether you’re intimately familiar with cannabis, only spark up socially, or have never taken a puff, chances are you only divulge your consumption habits, or lack thereof, in hushed tones around those you really trust. Despite weed being legal in 17 states there’s still a hesitation for many Black folks to openly embrace and experiment with the age old plant.
For me, growing up in Boston’s inner city under the oppressive guise of white supremacy, I was constantly blasted with stigmas about plant-based medicine that lingered subconsciously well into adulthood. Cannabis only drew connotations of nickel and dime bags, and as a gateway drug that would eventually lead you down a dark path. The generational trauma and residue caused by the war on drugs makes it so most Black folks don’t know that cannabis was cultivated and used across the continent of Africa, f
Ancestor Project honours lives of those enslaved in Louisiana
by Maria Clark, Usa Today/The American South, The Associated Press
Posted Feb 13, 2021 1:48 am EDT
Last Updated Feb 13, 2021 at 1:58 am EDT
EDGARD, La. Frederick Baconnais was born during the peak of the sugar cane harvest season at the Evergreen Plantation in Edgard, Louisiana. At 5 a.m. on Dec. 12, 1852, he drew his first breath, according to historic records. His mother, Victorine, a house slave at Evergreen, was 18 years old.
He was only two when she died.
But Baconnais would name one of his daughters Victoria in remembrance of his mother.
Their stories are among several recounted through photos and narratives in Evergreen’s Ancestor Project.