Five Lit Girls (2019) Original We can trace the brown

We can trace the brown paper bag test back to slavery when enslavers kept the lighter-skinned enslaved inside

not to be removed

It's a journey filled with feelings of inadequacy and an obligation to appear to be something other than themselves

the surface carries traces of time—what is recorded

Five Lit Girls (2019) Original We can trace the brown"Five Lit Girls" in a dynamic urban neighborhood where they are merged as one with their environment, i. e., their culture, their history, and their futures. The girls are rooted in the historical experience of African American people both distinct and enormously influential on American culture as a whole.