Dr. Yaba Blay Launches Professional Black Girl

Artist News
September 19, 2016

Dr. Yaba Blay (ACG ‘10) launches Professional Black Girl, an original video series created to celebrate everyday Black womanhood, and to smash racist and “respectable” expectations of how they should "behave."

Limited edition Professional Black Girl merchandise was created in partnership with Philadelphia Printworks.

The first full episode, featuring Dr. Blay, will air September 9, 2016, with an episode airing each Friday on YouTube.com/YabaBlayTV and yabablay.com until December 23, 2016.

For more information, click here. 

 

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