Name: Black life at the intersection of birth and death
Uploaded: 2018-02-01T15:53:16Z
Duration: 7 min 39 s
Description: "It is the artist's job to unearth stories that people try to bury with shovels of complacency and time," says poet and freedom fighter Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa. Performing her poem "The Joys of Motherhood," Katwiwa explores the experience of Black mothers in America and discusses the impact of the Movement for Black Lives -- because, she says, it's impossible to separate the two.

"It is the artist's job to unearth stories that people try to bury with shovels of complacency and time," says poet and freedom fighter Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa. Performing her poem "The Joys of Motherhood," Katwiwa explores the experience of Black mothers in America and discusses the impact of the Movement for Black Lives -- because, she says, it's impossible to separate the two.

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa: Black life at the intersection of birth and death

Black life at the intersection of birth and death

America teaches more about parenting than any book, revealing a nation where Black children are born into a legacy of disparities.

Confronting systemic racism within Reproductive Justice, an artist unearths the intertwined struggle of Black lives and motherhood.

In a powerful refusal to silence Black voices, an artist aligns the fight for Reproductive Justice with the Movement for Black Lives.