african american
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Freedom: The Illusion
There’s a strange fruit hanging from the trees but not the kind of Billie Holidays days with blood all on the leaves but these are a different set of trees and they bear a strange fruit called ignorance with an illusion up its sleeve an illusion so thick sometimes it’s hard to breathe I feel… Continue reading
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Break the Chain
Thought I saw her self-esteem in the carpet. Her back bearing the burden of bare floors and forks that scraped the bottom of clay plates Thought I saw pain on the side of her state of mind. Thought I saw her spirit cut low like the grass. Scattered pieces of forgetfulness floating fluently throughout her… Continue reading
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Guest Feature – A Modern Day Slave Plantation Part 3 by Laura Dimon
*Note: This article was not written by The PBS Blog, it is featured as part of the continuation of an ongoing series and is written by Laura Dimon. This is the last part which includes my commentary. Please view our Guest Feature or Article Section for Parts 1 & 2* *************************************************** In King’s trials, the… Continue reading
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We Are
“We are walking Deuteronomy’s….with birthmarks that lead to scripture….and memories like the scenic route to Armageddon.” Continue reading
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Spoken Words for Silent Wars
I speak for the people in places where hope hangs its strings in the crack filled streets of Harlem where iron style floors and bronze heavens are polluted with “I told you so’s” morgues loitered with toy soldiers who died believing defending a street corner was keeping it real Continue reading
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The Mis-Education of the Negro
“When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his “proper place” and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door; he will cut one… Continue reading
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