Jeannine A. Cook, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/jeannine-cook/ A Home for Black Women Writers Sun, 17 May 2020 20:05:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jeannine A. Cook, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/jeannine-cook/ 32 32 153713158 Us + Sandra Bland vs. The State https://www.midnightandindigo.com/sandra-bland/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=76639 “Call the motherfuck….Call the….” I make out muffled screams from outside. Barely there. From the comfort of my bed, I ignore. People on the block yelling is nothing new. Under covers, face in phone, I press play on CNN’s video report of Sandra Bland’s arrest during her traffic stop in Waller County, Texas. But instead of watching yet another over-edited rendition of the incident for my documentary studies class, I press a link to read the actual transcript. We live on a mattress on the top floor of my boyfriend, who I call my love’s, row home in North Philly

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