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When the Work Doesn't Hold, We Build Something Else

Labor, community, and the long history of making a way when systems fail

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Geneèn Wright
Jan 24, 2026
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Black women standing together outside Ester’s Beauteria, a modern beauty salon; historical photograph showing salon owners and community members posed in front of the storefront.
"Esther Parham with guests at the opening of Esther's Beauteria Modern Beauty Salon" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1945.

Before I had language for labor patterns or economic shifts,…

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