According to the FBI, more than 93,000 people went missing in 2021. More than 29,000 are Black. That's nearly a third of cases, although Black people make up 12% of the population.
The Black and Missing Foundation have received the inaugural Crimefighter Award, which is presented to an individual or organization that have provided justice for crime victims.
The Black and Missing Foundation have received the inaugural Crimefighter Award, which is presented to an individual or organization that have provided justice for crime victims.
April 1 will mark six years since 2-year-old Arianna Fitts went missing. She vanished the same day her mother Nikki was murdered, and her family fears someone kidnapped Arianna and is holding her to this day.
Derrica Wilson and her sister-in-law Natalie Wilson co-founded the Black and Missing Foundation together with the alarming number of missing Black women and children in mind.
Missing white children receive far more media coverage than missing Black and brown children – a fact advocates often point to when explaining the disparity in attention provided to non-individuals of color.
Missing white children receive far more media coverage than missing Black and brown children – a fact advocates often point to when explaining the disparity in attention provided to non-individuals of color.
The testimony of Natalie Wilson, Co-Founder of the Black and Missing Foundation at the Hearing by the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on "The Neglected Epidemic of Missing BIPOC Women and Girls".