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You Had Me at Black

Society & Culture, Black Stories, Personal Journals, Arts, Performing Arts, Black Storytelling, Storytelling Podcast, Documentary, Black History Month, Black Podcast, Black Voices

4.0 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This week's story comes from Stephanie, a mother racing against time and the system, to get her kids back. Here's what happened.

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to You Had Me at Black. I'm Brittany Abrahams.
0:05.3	Thank you to everyone for supporting our fundraising push at you had me at black.com
0:11.3	slash 100. When Martina asked me to build you had me at Black with her three years ago, I didn't estimate
0:18.0	the splash or impact we could make. But just last week, one of our storytellers texted me to tell me that you had
0:25.4	me a black inspired her to make storytelling take precedence within her
0:29.8	personal artistic vision and inspired her to live more truthfully within her relationships.
0:36.0	That is what you're supporting. When you support you had me at Black.
0:41.0	These stories are more than entertainment. They truly do change
0:45.8	lives and encourage black people to live more boldly. Our goal this week is a
0:51.4	hundred contributions of just ten dollars.
0:55.8	You can make yours at you had me at black.com slash 100.
1:03.2	Okay, let's get into this week's story.
1:05.8	It comes from an anonymous storyteller.
1:09.1	She's a mother racing against time and the system to get her kids back.
1:15.0	Here's what happened.
1:15.8	I want you to breed all the food.
1:17.8	And I got...
1:20.8	You're listening to, you had me at Black Black Light in the heart of the city Black
1:28.1	Man listen man
1:30.0	Black. I was just
1:33.0	just you have me and black and we live baby.
1:38.0	I was first 19 by time I had two kids and I was just running from a really abusive situation that honestly almost cost me my life.
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