Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez was so much more than

was so much more than an actor

It's a love letter to Black women who dare to speak up

This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me

and use it for good

Coates delivers a stirring call to self-determination

Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez was so much more thanMontgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies. But when her first week on the job takes her along a dusty country road to a worn down one room cabin, Civil is shocked to learn that her new patients, Erica and