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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...
Monday, February 17, 2014
Imagination Frees:
Spotlight on Morrie Turner Imagination creates the image, But the image is what inspires-- Reaches out to visitors Captures the...
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...
Friday, February 14, 2014
Loving You With All My Heart:
Spotlight on Richard and Mildred Loving Love is an infinite, colorless void Wrapped deep in the human soul-- It is patient and k...
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...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Victim of the Hive Mind:
Spotlight on Jordan Davis Why am I not like the others? You ask as though we're bees forever clumped together Following...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Cyborg Nation:
Spotlight on John Thompson Sleek and slim Robotic limbs and instant networks, Disguised as ordinary... Common. We are inse...
Ebb and Flow of the Tide:
Spotlight on Nick Gabaldon Water is universal, Blue and white waves Breaking... Warm sand and broken shells... A universal poe...
Sunday, February 09, 2014
Do What You Do:
Spotlight on Charley Pride Some things come naturally, Like a spider spinning silk And natural tendencies shine. No matter how y...
Saturday, February 08, 2014
Express Yourself:
Spotlight on Thomas Blackshear The need to express oneself To release some of your essence In words, or sounds, or images, Meant...
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...
Thursday, February 06, 2014
Lost History:
Spotlight on Pedro Alonso Nino Wasted history overflows pages Overshadowed by untruths and more favorable tales... Time is ...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Dreams of a Sugar Plum Fairy:
Spotlight on Misty Copeland I was young Everyone was doing it-- Blonde ponytails, pink tutus And then there was me... If I'...
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Overlooked & Overpowering:
Spotlight on Blanche Kelso Bruce Scraps, cast aside as trash Purposely overlooked and discarded Lonely, in their unfilled lives ...
Monday, February 03, 2014
Limitations Won't Stop Me:
Spotlight on Derrick Coleman I'm not perfect I have limitations But that won't stop me, Discourage or burry me I will f...
Sunday, February 02, 2014
Knowledge:
Spotlight on Dr. Ruth Simmons Knowledge: The original desire. Power such to see and understand That which gives birth To crea...
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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