The Documentary Podcast
The Documentary Podcast
BBC World Service
Black girlhood in photos and writing
26 minutes Posted Jan 19, 2026 at 1:30 am.
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Black girls performing in a parade on the streets of Chicago and playing in the surf at Martha's Vineyard offer a glimpse of what it is like, growing up in the United States today. Sisters Salamishah and Scheherazade Tillet are using photographs and words to capture the lives of girls from two very different communities.