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Tiffany D. Jackson

Tiffany Jackson is the critically acclaimed YA author of Allegedly, Monday’s Not Coming, Let Me Hear a Rhyme, and Grown. A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book and Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, she received her bachelor of arts in film from Howard University, her master of arts in media studies from the New School, and has over a decade in TV/Film experience. The Brooklyn native still resides in the borough she loves. You can visit her at writeinbk.com.

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Stop Calling Young Black Girls “Grown.” They’re Kids

The over-sexualization of Black girls is putting them in danger.

Sep 14, 2020
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Even When They’re Hunting Us, I Would Still Choose to Be Black Over and Over Again

Acclaimed YA author Tiffany D. Jackson writes a letter to young Black women everywhere.

Jun 4, 2020