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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.

Stop Assuming This About Missing People of Color

November 23, 2021
If we asked you to name a missing white woman, someone whose name you’ve seen in a national news headline sometime in the last 20 years, could you? You could: Gabby Petito, Natalee Holloway, Chandra Levy, Laci Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, Lori Hacking, Jennifer Wilbanks — household names forever etched in our memories, right? Now, think of the name of at least one missing person of color.

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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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