the summer of 1969 was the hottest of my life after the call for black power i and many activists were facing even more intensive attacks as j edgar hoovers strategy for counterinsurgency unfolded i was a black power fugitive when the black and missing foundation inc wwwbamfiorg began in 2008 30 percent of all persons missing were of color sadly that number has grown seemingly to a new record setting incline black and missing in america why we speak up for this often ignored and voiceless group my husband whom i married at the age of 22 was my first africanamerican friend and the first black man outside of our close knit african community that i dated not only was he nothing like what i thought he may have beenneither were his mother and sister an apology to my fellow black woman