Tressie McMillan Cottom

McMillan Cottom is the author of Thick: And Other Essays and is an assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Passengers under a sign that reads “Colored Waiting Room” at a bus station in Durham, N.C., in 1940

Nearly 6 Decades After the Civil Rights Act, Why Do Black Workers Still Have to Hustle to Get Ahead?

Here's why black Americans have to hustle more

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I Was Pregnant and in Crisis. All the Doctors and Nurses Saw Was an Incompetent Black Woman

The first dream for my imagined future self that I can recall starts with a...

The first dream for my imagined future self that I can recall starts with a sound. I was maybe 5 years old and I wanted to click-clack. The click-clack of high heels on a shiny,...