Black women are being killed by intimate partners at nearly triple the rate of white women, and firearms are the most common weapon used, with 9 out of 10 Black female victims being killed by someone they know.
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Hope for Survivors: Life After Domestic Abuse Exists
By Nadira Jamerson Originally appeared in Word in Black This story is part of “Love Don’t Live Here” Word In Black’s series about how domestic violence impacts our community and what […]
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Domestic Violence in Texas
By Scott Blair Domestic violence is defined as the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control […]