Tressie McMillan Cottom

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

Recent Articles

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

By Tressie McMillan Cottom February 20, 2020

I Was a Pregnant Woman 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 sound. I was maybe 5 years old and I wanted to click-clack. The click-clack of high heels on a shiny,...

By Tressie McMillan Cottom January 8, 2019
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