{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Digital Childhoods","provider_url":"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir","author_name":"Megan Buiocchi","author_url":"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/author\/mbuiocchi\/","title":"The Lost Literary Luminaries of Young Black Girlhood - Digital Childhoods","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tzdknAbAE3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/the-lost-literary-luminaries-of-young-black-girlhood\/\">The Lost Literary Luminaries of Young Black Girlhood<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/the-lost-literary-luminaries-of-young-black-girlhood\/embed\/#?secret=tzdknAbAE3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Lost Literary Luminaries of Young Black Girlhood&#8221; &#8212; Digital Childhoods\" data-secret=\"tzdknAbAE3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Figure-1_Herbert-Clark.jpeg","thumbnail_width":1152,"thumbnail_height":1366,"description":"While studying early twentieth-century amateur journalism, Elissa Myers came across articles penned by Ernestine Clark Nesbitt and Consuelo Clark Stewart. Although Myers was already familiar with the works of Ernestine and Consuelo&#8217;s brother (Herbert Clark, a prolific Black writer), she had never heard of the two sisters or their writings. What she eventually discovered was a microcosmic oeuvre of short stories, literary criticism, and more all influenced by the intellectual Black girlhoods of Ernestine (a renowned musician, composer, and fashion editor) and Consuelo (one of the first Black women to earn an M.D. from Boston University) in turn-of-the-century Cincinnati. Myers"}