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Black August, a month-long period dedicated to Black freedom fighters and resistance against repression, comprises an opportunity to realize the revolution in day-to-day fashion. Originating as a practice founded by incarcerated Black folks in California--in remembrance of George Jackson and the many political prisoners who continue to struggle for self liberation--Black August has since spread across the country and across the globe. Observers are encouraged to study, fast, train, and fight, in preparation for struggle in all forms and facets; and time is spent in dialogue with and care of Black liberators.

Through this short fiction work composed for the Ujima WIRE, author and curator Chenoa Baker imagines the possibilities available in a young Black girl's cultural liberation.