Fifteen years ago, Turquoise Jones (Nicole Beharie) was crowned Miss Juneteenth (2020) in her small hometown in Texas–a pageant for Black teenage girls named for the anniversary holiday celebrating the 1865 date it was announced that the enslaved in the state of Texas were now free, June 19th, which came to be called by the […]
Author Archives: Valerie Hawkins
Valerie Hawkins has the same last name as the editor only because they have the same mother and father. She tweets under the handle @RebelliousVal, but it's under @Valsadie that she has appeared in books (including "World According to Twitter") and embedded in online articles. She's currently updating Valsadie.com and pondering new ways to get in good trouble...
