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Yolanda Young

Yolanda Young

World, Meet Miss Freedom Fighter, Esquire

Planting People Growing Justice (PPGJ) is on on a mission to train the next generation of leaders, and they are starting with knee…

Jul 18, 2017

World, Meet Miss Freedom Fighter, Esquire

Jul 18, 2017

Yolanda Young

From Prostitute to Professor: The Lessons in Maya Angelou’s Messy Life

Update: In celebration of Maya and the 15th Anniversary of the publication of my memoir On Our Way to Beautiful, I’ve written Lessons in…

Dec 12, 2016

From Prostitute to Professor: The Lessons in Maya Angelou’s Messy Life

Dec 12, 2016

Yolanda Young

How the Lessons in Maya Angelou’s Journey from Prostitute to Professor Changed My Life

Note: In celebration of Maya and the 15th Anniversary of the publication of my memoir On Our Way to Beautiful, I’ve written Lessons in Maya…

Dec 10, 2016

How the Lessons in Maya Angelou’s Journey from Prostitute to Professor Changed My Life

Dec 10, 2016

Yolanda Young

From Prostitute to Professor: The Lessons in Maya Angelou’s Messy Life

Update: In celebration of Maya and the 15th Anniversary of the publication of my memoir On Our Way to Beautiful, I’ve written Lessons in…

Dec 10, 2016

From Prostitute to Professor: The Lessons in Maya Angelou’s Messy Life

Dec 10, 2016

Yolanda Young

Mariah Carey Won’t Admit to Photoshopping Her Image, But I Will

I always look forward to Black Friday but not for the store sales. The day begins my annual ritual — playing continuous Christmas music…

Dec 4, 2016

Mariah Carey Won’t Admit to Photoshopping Her Image, But I Will

Dec 4, 2016

Yolanda Young

An Apology to the People I Offended in My Open Letter to Ciara

To those I offended,

Apr 16, 2016

Apr 16, 2016

Yolanda Young

Smart Black People Are Trending On: Pope Francis, Hate Groups, Black Lives Matter, and Big Black…

Whether or not Ms. Galicia Lopez identifies black is besides the point. Black people are about One Love, which brings us to Pope Francis…

Feb 19, 2016

Smart Black People Are Trending On: Pope Francis, Hate Groups, Black Lives Matter, and Big Black…

Feb 19, 2016

Yolanda Young

Smart Black People Are Trending On: Obama’s Zero F’s Tour, Scalia, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and More

Like Deadhead fans, we are enthusiastically following The Obama Zero F’s Tour, which today takes us to the White House announcement that…

Feb 18, 2016

Feb 18, 2016

Yolanda Young

Yolanda Young

Yolanda Young writes for The Guardian, The Washington Post, USA TODAY. The Exec Dir of Lawyers of Color appears on CNN, NPR, and TV One. Follow @yolandayoungesq

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