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1001 Black Men

 

 “We been saying ‘freedom’ for six years. What we are going to start saying now is ‘Black Power.’” -Stokely Carmichael

 

Communication

All Power to the People

Black Power

Ungawa!!

Jambo, Bwana

Bwana, Homie don’t play that

Oh, Rochester

Yes, Massa

How much for the women

Steppin off, Boss

Which way, Kimosabe

What’s Going On

What are we doing today Brain

We Shall Overcome

CoInTel

God Be With You

Salaam Alaikum

Hakuna matata

Good Golly, Miss Molly

Caged birds sing

Great googa-mooga

Raisins in the sun

What is a failure to communicate.

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Remembering

“Lynching is an extrajudicial punishment by an informal group.”
No, lynching is a crime against humanity.

The grand wizard
buys the boys a beer
and they laugh
over the poor polaroid
covered with blood and crime

There is no final resting place
FRP frp frp frp frp frp
He must walk the earth
rattling fetters in the
symphony of slaves
in which so many play

They never found the car
the one he washed and loved
I had a water pump and friend
in that gone baby gone

Did he say see you soon
before he strode into castration
or did salvation come lynch like

God and the good ole boys
keep the secret while secretly
mom and dad die

After three days
did he roll away the rock
and rise while she watched
are the bones still broken
in some unholy hole
did night things rip and scatter
what poor man was left

There is no day or place
remembering
I do.

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Worth a Thousand Words

I have changed my profile picture, like taking a knee, climbing a flagpole or marching in a pop-up demonstration, to ask “My Fellow Americans” to “Do the Right Thing” again. We did, when we elected Barack Obama and he’s been our Rodney Dangerfield president for 8 years. He didn’t get any respect. Time will tell, I hope, that he served us well and maybe better than any other president we have ever had. But, to the picture. It’s an Ebenezer Scrooge vision of the American future. If we make the wrong choice, Heaven Help us All.