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Black and Missing in the United States

With the recent and tragic high-profile case of Gabby Petito, there is renewed scrutiny over the lack of similarly dedicated media attention for missing women of color in the United States. Last September, we covered the largely invisible epidemic of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) and examined bipartisan U.S. legislation designed to solve those crimes and prevent future incidents of violence against Indigenous women. Now, we are taking a look at the alarming number of missing Black girls and women in the United States.

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