How Gen Z & millennial Black women are forming a digital sisterhood that transcends space and time — For generations, many Black girls learned more about the intricacies of life in a beauty salon than in a classroom. Swiveling salon chairs transformed seamlessly into lecterns as womxn spent long Saturday mornings getting their hair braided, weaved, flat ironed, twisted or blown out. …

On the first day of first grade, I walked into class to discover that mine was the only black face in the room. We began the day by introducing ourselves and showing off the self-portraits that we’d made over the summer. I rose precariously to present my Crayola-colored masterpiece, but…