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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T20:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://msmagazine.com",
  "tags": [
    "National",
    "Violence & Harassment",
    "Activism",
    "Black Feminism",
    "Black History",
    "Black Women",
    "Death",
    "Domestic Violence",
    "Feminist Academia and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies",
    "Florida",
    "Haiti",
    "Kimberlé Crenshaw",
    "Masculinity",
    "Rest in Power",
    "Sex and Relationships",
    "Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence",
    "Women in Politics",
    "Women's History",
    "‘Who Will Revere the Black Woman?’ Remembering Nancy, Cerina and So Many More",
    "Ms. Magazine"
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  "textContent": "Even though I did not know Nancy Metayer, my heart is utterly broken by the loss of her life and the violence of her death. The night before her funeral, I joined a virtual _vèyè_ in her honor—a space to keep watch, to remember her impact and to hold one another in communal care.\n\nThat same day, news broke about Dr. Cerina Fairfax, also killed in her home. I did not know her either, and still, I was gutted.\n\nNor did I know Pastor Tammy McCollum, Ashly Robinson, Qualeisha Barnes, Davonta Curtis or Barbara Deer—Black women killed in just a matter of weeks. And to think these are only the names we know.\n\nIn moments like this, I find myself returning to a question first posed by Abbey Lincoln decades ago: \"Who will revere the Black woman?\" The reality of this violence—and the way it is so often explained away or softened—makes that question feel as urgent as ever.\n\nBlack feminists have long named the patterns, the structures and the stakes. And still, we are left mourning, naming and insisting: We will not let their lives be forgotten. We will continue the work in their honor—because we revere them.\n\nThe post ‘Who Will Revere the Black Woman?’ Remembering Nancy, Cerina and So Many More appeared first on Ms. Magazine.",
  "title": "‘Who Will Revere the Black Woman?’ Remembering Nancy, Cerina and So Many More"
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