cali81659 I AM OFFICALLY A PUBLISHED AUTHOR...SO I AM NO LONGER POSTING POETRY HERE - January 27, 2011 add/view comments (0) |
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MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND .. welcome to California ..MEMORIES OF THE PAST..MY LIFE,STARTED ON AUGUST,3RD 1960...AT THAT MOMENT..BORN INTO A WORLD THAT SEARCHED FOR EQUALITY AND SOCIALLY BECOMING FREE...BLACK POWER FIST HIGH IN THE AIR..REMINDED ME TO ALWAYS BE PROUD OF THE SKIN COLOR WE WEAR...NO MORE DASHIKIS,BEADS AND BRAIDS,,IT WAS ALL ABOUT MOVING ONTO THE NEXT PHASE..THAT WAS MY GENERATION AND THE MESSAGE THEY SENT..MEN AND WOMEN IN STORES, BUYING BLOWOUT KITS...AN IMAGE OF APPLE HATS,AFROS AND PICKS..BECAUSE THE EARLY 70'S..WAS THE COMING OF AGE..HUEY NEWTON AND ANGELA DAVIS ON EVERY NEWS PAGE..AND THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF "WHITE AMERICA" OUTRAGED..THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY...HAD A CALLING AND IT WAS FOUND...STIMULATING OUR MINDS, WITH THE LYRICS OF JAMES BROWN " SAY IT LOUD..I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD"....EVEN THEN, I KNEW WHAT THEY MEANT...IF YOUR MIND AND SOUL WERE CHAINED, YOUR JUST A SLAVE ON THIS SHIP..BLACK PRIDE, WAS THE DESTINATION OF THAT TRIP..NOT TO BE JUDGED BY OUR BODY OF TINT..A REPLICA OF THE PAST THAT WAS ONLY GOD SENT,BEING BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL..A COLOR BADGE OF HONOR..SO WITH PRIDE IT REPRESENTS,UNITY FOR OUR PEOPLE..BUT STILL TODAY SOME VIEW US AS FOOLS...JUST WAITING WITH PATIENCE..FOR THAT 40ACRES AND A MULE.copyright2009 t.green |
