Even a Strong Black Woman Feels Tired Sometimes

Don’t Take Them For Granted

William Spivey
ZORA
Published in
3 min readFeb 12, 2024

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I ran across this piece I wrote a decade ago. I was horrified at the editing (since corrected) but not the sentiment.

If we are lucky, we know or have known strong Black women who can always be counted on when things get tough. What we fail to realize is that it always is an awfully long time and that depending…

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William Spivey
ZORA
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