Conclusion

Abstract

Having admonished her community to love themselves, Baby Suggs, holy stands up and dances because she knows that what she has told the community is equally valid for her. She too must practice what helps her love her inside parts. Baby, Suggs, holy offers much in the way of notes on self-care for practitioners who convene a safe space with (and for) Black women.

… she stood up then and danced with her twisted hip the rest of what her heart had to say, while the others opened their mouths and gave her the music.¹