Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why
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On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving’s “village” — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
Wanda Irving holds her granddaughter, Soleil, in front of a portrait of Soleil's mother, Shalon, at her home in Sandy Springs…
Wanda Irving holds her granddaughter, Soleil, in front of a portrait of Soleil's mother, Shalon, at her home in Sandy Springs…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving's "village" — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving’s “village” — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving’s “village” — the friends and family she had assembled to support…
This story was co-published with NPR. On a melancholy Saturday this past February, Shalon Irving’s “village” — the friends and…
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