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Monday, February 02, 2015
Storytellers & Black Folk Tales
The Storyteller My grandmother's word echo-- Each syllable fills this empty room. She creates each character With just the t...
Monday, January 19, 2015
The Lost Dream
A Person Reflection on a Dream Deferred I am not like them-- For they are not like me, We are different We are not the same. M...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Actions of Change
This solitary action The root and cause of change This solitary action Born of idealism, careless and free A consequence whether by chan...
Saturday, May 03, 2014
The Story of a Lifetime
A while back, I saw the preview for a movie called Belle. It was supposed to be a period piece about the first (or rather the first record...
Friday, February 28, 2014
Goodbye, February:
Spotlight on Us Picture from Black Enterprise Black history covers a wide range of fields and subjects, from doctors and lawyers ...
Sunday, February 23, 2014
When I'm Gone:
Spotlight on NC Mutual Life Insurance Company Who will mourn me when I'm gone, Stand over me to whisper prayers, Forgotten ...
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Keepin' It 100:
Spotlight on the One-Drop Rule Black faces all around me, From coffee to the color of sand A rainbow shining through eyes Blue...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
La Belle et la Bête:
Spotlight on Saartije Baartman La Belle et la Bête... Admire me from afar and take note-- My skin, my hair, my face, and m...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Decoding My Own Thoughts:
Spotlight on the 1870 Brick Wall I feel like my mind is blank... When really, it's so jumbled with thought It can't find...
Sunday, February 16, 2014
What About Everyone Else?:
Spotlight on Dr. George Franklin Grant Often you wonder, If only half the country was enslaved, Then half the country was free.....
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Suppressed Voices:
a Spotlight on Hip Hop People are judgmental-- Quick to pass judgement on things They know nothing of Based on hear say Coated...
Thursday, February 13, 2014
A Voice as Smooth as Silk:
a Spotlight on Jazz Smooth-- All the way back to the beginning A merging of worlds, A collision of souls Poured over ivory key...
Friday, February 07, 2014
Sacred Part of Me:
Spotlight on the Natural Hair Movement Locked in an air tight box, Put on display for the world to see The Pride Tree is cut and...
Saturday, February 01, 2014
Welcome, February
My freshman year in college, I posted a poem I'd written in honor of Black History Month. Someone I went to high school with posted his...
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