#BlackGirlSquad Celebrates The Empowering Beauty Of Black Sisterhood

Grab your BFFs and celebrate the love!
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There’s nothing like the bonds black sisterhood creates.

That’s emphasized in two highly-anticipated premieres this weekend: “Girls Trip” which hits theaters July 21 and Season 2 of Issa Rae’s “Insecure” which premieres on HBO July 23.

“Girls Trip” follows best friends from college (played by Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith) reuniting for a weekend of laughs, raunchiness and realizations in New Orleans. “Insecure” shows best friends Molly and Issa leaning on each other through break ups, dating mishaps, workplace worries and everything in between.

Though amazing in their own rights, respectively, both of these productions highlight the beauty of black women fostering and building friendships meant to last a lifetime.

As we see black sisterhood celebrated on screen, we’re reminded that it deserves the star treatment off screen, too. 

Black Voices asked our readers to flaunt the magic of their crew for us using the hashtag #BlackGirlSquad. We got responses from beautiful groups of women full of love for their sister-friends. Take a look at some of the dope #BlackGirlSquads below, starting with Black Voices’ own squad!

Keep the conversation going on the importance of black sisterhood by sharing your images with the hashtag #BlackGirlSquad on social media. The celebration doesn’t stop here!

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Essence Black Women In Hollywood 2017
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Actress Meagan Good. (credit:Amanda Edwards via Getty Images)
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"Insecure's" Yvonne Orji. (credit:Amanda Edwards via Getty Images)
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"Blackish" actress Tracee Ellis Ross. (credit:Amanda Edwards via Getty Images)
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Actress Keesha Sharp. (credit:Amanda Edwards via Getty Images)
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"Being Mary Jane" actress Gabrielle Union. (credit:Amanda Edwards via Getty Images)
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President of Universal Television Pearlena Igbokwe. (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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Actress Aja Naomi King, honoree and star of "How to Get Away With Murder." (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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Singer LeToya Luckett. (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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Broadway and screen actress Cynthia Erivo. (credit:Amanda Edwards via Getty Images)
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Yvette Nicole Brown, best known for her role on "Community." (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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"Insecure" star Issa Rae. (credit:Amanda Edwards via Getty Images)
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"The Mindy Project" actress Xosha Roquemore. (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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TV personality Bevy Smith. (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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"Blackish" actress Yara Shahidi. (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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Janelle Monae, star of "Hidden Figures" and "Moonlight." (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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Vickey Juedy of "Orange is the New Black." (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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"How to Get Away With Murder" and "Fences" star Viola Davis. (credit:Rodin Eckenroth via Getty Images)
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Teyonah Parris, star of "Chiraq." (credit:David Crotty via Getty Images)
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Laverne Cox, star of "Orange is the New Black" and "Doubt." (credit:Amanda Edwards via Getty Images)
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Melina Matsoukas, director of "Lemonade" and HBO's "Insecure." (credit:David Crotty via Getty Images)