Abstract
This article serves as an introduction to a symposium commemorating the thirty-first anniversary of Darlene Clark Hine’s 1989 essay “Rape and the Inner Lives of Black Women in the Middle West: Preliminary Thoughts on the Culture of Dissemblance.” It briefly reflects on the continued import and impact of Hine’s work in and beyond the #BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, and #MeToo moment(s).