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When People of Color Go Missing, These Women Make Sure They’re Not Forgotten

Black and Missing brings awareness to the Black missing person cases that are often buried by law enforcement and ignored by national media.

Why Lauren Smith-Fields’s Friends Turned to TikTok

Ignored by the media and pushed aside by the police, families and supporters of Black women are building their own missing persons operations online.

Black and Missing: Finding Our Own

On this episode of YBO, Christina speaks with Derrica and Natalie Wilson, sisters-in-law and founders of the Black and Missing Foundation.

Derrica Wilson on raising awareness about missing Black people

Derrica Wilson is a co-founder of Black and Missing Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization with the mission of bringing awareness to missing people of color. She joined "NewsNation Prime" to explain why Black missing people are often marginalized by law enforcement and the media.

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"God Bless you! My mom contacted me to say that my daughter Ashleigh Porter was in Ebony magazine. I was so glad that my missing child was given the opportunity to this type of exposure. It has been so hard. She went missing on April 20, 2009. I agree totally that law enforcement and the media in some instances do us no justice. I knew nothing of your organization prior to this, but I'll know more now. You have given me a great service and I feel indebted to you. I do not want people to forget about my Ashleigh. Thank you again and bless your hearts for starting this organization."

---- TANYA PORTER-DAVIS

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