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My Son Nacear Was Killed on Memorial Day. It Took Me Two Years to Cry.

I was taking care of his kids, going to work, and helping my other children process their brother’s murder. I couldn’t have accomplished what I needed to if I had cried sooner.

Life Inside • 04.29.2022

My Son Alex Was Murdered at 21. Grief for Me Has Been Hurt, Anger and Bitterness

I’d put up reward posters, hoping somebody would say they knew what happened. Someone knew something, but they just wouldn’t give me any answers.

Life Inside • 04.27.2022

My Son Khaaliq Was Killed Over a Parking Space. Now I Help Other Mothers Grieve.

After a neighbor fatally shot her son in 2001, Dr. Dorothy Johnson-Speight started the anti-violence group Mothers in Charge. “I thought maybe two people would show up; the room was jam packed.”

Life Inside • 04.26.2022

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