my mother's tomorrow

Dr. Kaye brings to the community the ever-sounding alarm, “Injustice over here,” and she does it with historical acumen and spiritual determination. — Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware, AFRO Special Projects Editor Black people in America in many ways are facing unprecedented times: a 21st-century Civil War, a re-invigorated White nationalism, an attack on women, especially Women of Color, and a burgeoning fascism in American politics. Dr. Kaye confronts these challenges with power, passion and great intelligence. We need her voice. — Sean Yoes, former AFRO Baltimore Editor In 2017, during the Black Lives Movement, Dr. Kaye began a three-year in-depth ethnographic study within Baltimore’s Black Butterfly neighborhoods, documenting and recording the stories and experiences of the community in a bi-weekly Opinion Editorial column in the Afro. Those stories were then shared on her radio show, Today With Dr. Kaye on WEAA 88.9 FM, in schools and communities across the city, sparking conversation and debate about who runs this city, who owns it, and who is going to inherit it. my mother’s tomorrow: dispatches through the lens of Baltimore’s Black Butterfly brings all of the editorials--which document everything from school shootings to Black Lives Matter, Trump’s first presidency to Black Covid Stories—together. These are the words and experiences of the people of Baltimore, written down and shared with the world so that they won’t be forgotten.