Alabama mothers breastfeed together in powerful s hoot

‘It’s taboo within the African American home’: Alabama mothers breastfeed in powerful shoot to encourage other black mothers to nurse their babies.
A group of black mothers have come together to pose for a stunning breastfeeding photo shoot that aims to normalize nursing in the African American community. 

The nine women who posed topless for the powerful series of images are members of Chocolate Milk Mommies, a parenting group in Birmingham, Alabama, that aims to end the stigma surrounding breastfeeding. 

‘It is taboo within the African American home to breastfeed your child, let alone to do it past the age of one,’ Rauslyn Adams, a 26-year-old member of the group, told People. 

‘Breastfeeding has been seen by some African American women as reverting to “slavery days” when feeding a child by breast was the only option,’ she explained.