Black and Missing but not Forgotten was found in July 2007 in effort to raise more awareness to missing black women, children and men. It originally started because of missing woman, Stepha Henry. Stepha Henry went missing May of last year and by the time I heard of her, it had already been a month since her disappearance. So I went off to do a little research about her. I was surprised to only find a couple of articles on her and an outdated America’s Most Wanted profile. But what really set me off was this quote from Miami Herald’s Crime Scene blog:
“I’m livid. I agreed to conduct a last-minute interview with MSNBC about the case of missing Stepha Henry, the 22-year-old college grad who went missing May 29 from Miami-Dade. I rushed to MSNBC’s studio but a few minutes before the interview, I was told that it was off—Paris Hilton coverage was more important.”
I could not believe that Stepha’s story was being pushed to the side to cover an heiress’s trip to jail. I was furious but instead of complaining about it, I decided to take action and create my own media. While I was doing my research in the beginning, I noticed that it was extremely hard to find an article on a missing black person. It wasn’t as simple as googling “missing black woman” or “missing black female”. You have to literally go through 10+ pages just to get one or two articles. Luckily for me, I found a way around Google. It still takes me a few hours, but it’s not as hard as it was when I first started.
You guys don’t have to go through all of that though. Black and Missing is here for you because I want there to be a central place where you can go to find all the news you want without having to spend hours searching for it. Why should you? You deserve to know who is missing from your community at any given time. I cannot get to all the cases, but I'm dedicated to covering as many as I can. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy your stay here. Subscribe to my blog by email to keep up with the latest news or place my widget on your page to help me raise awareness to these cases. If you have a story that needs to be covered or just want to say hey, you can contact me at: mzdeidra@hotmail.com. Hope to hear from you soon! :) 