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‘Never give up, never stop’ | Local Facebook post credited with finding missing Maryland 1-year-old, on the NYC subway
December 2, 2021
It’s not every day that a Facebook post finds a missing baby. It’s rare when the rescue happens in a few hours. And it’s even more extraordinary when the infant goes missing in Montgomery County, and a stranger riding the New York City subway looks up and recognizes the baby.
Missing Maryland Baby Found in New York After Black and Missing Group Shares Photo
December 1, 2021
A missing Silver Spring baby has been found after an organization called the Black and Missing Foundation shared a photo of her with her father - and a woman was able to identify the pair all the way in New York.
HBO’s ‘Black and Missing’ would be depressing if it weren’t also so empowering
November 27, 2021
"Black and Missing" reminds Black viewers that we’re all we got, but we're pretty damn powerful by our damn selves.
HBO’s ‘Black and Missing’ offers an antidote to Missing White Woman Syndrome
November 24, 2021
It may be one of the saddest truisms of modern media: Attractive white women get news coverage when they go missing. But missing women of color often get media coverage only when people notice how much attention everyone is paying to the white women.
The ‘Black & Missing’ Docuseries Is A Wake-Up Call For America
November 23, 2021
The HBO documentary directed by Soledad O'Brien and Geeta Gandbhir follows Derrica and Natalie Wilson, who are reuniting families and advocating for missing Black people.
Media, police pay less attention to missing Black people. HBO’s new doc wants to change that.
November 23, 2021
The flood of news coverage that followed Gabby Petito's disappearance last summer surprised even her own father.