Written by

Imani Brooks

"When Barack Obama was elected as the first African American president, of course my family took a road trip... However, these election results shattered my dreams, leaving me with the idea of an Inauguration Weekend getaway," writes Imani Brooks.
As the product of a family with strong Black matriarchs in rural Virginia, Imani Brooks is a world traveler, civil rights activist, and policy fellow at NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

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