See The Incredible Black Women Honored By These Girls In This Adorable Set Of Portraits

All young people deserve inspiring women to look up to — and young black girls have some incredible women to look up to, as shown in this wonderful project “Because of Them, We Can” by Eunique Jones Gibson. Below are just 18 of the many portraits Eunique has taken of young boys and girls dressed…

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Apr 28, 2014

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