“The most basic instinct of a local reporter is to take the importance of her neighbors as a given. In a community like Anacostia—where more than ninety per cent of residents are African-American, one in two kids lives below the poverty line, and incarceration and unemployment rates are among the nation’s highest—this is another way of saying that black lives matter.”
— “Death of a Young Black Journalist,” Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker
More:
“Charnice Milton Was Killed in Community She Loved,” Richard Prince, The Root
“Charnice Milton,” NotionsCapital
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