#TuesdayShares
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On Sacred Ground
We planted songs In cotton fields Backs bent down On our toes, our heels Our voices prayed When we could not We planted songs on sacred ground. Hope sprang from the callus on our thumbs Watched as Massa sold our sons Packed up freedom in the Mississippi dirt Moved up North where pain wasn’t hurt… Continue reading
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The Seed
It’s not always easy to endure, but may today be different. May the seeds of goodness root themselves in your souls. For without seeds the earth is barren land. Do not worry then if things do not start out as tree stumps, for even it started first as a seed. From there the seed grows… Continue reading
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Shortlinks and Pingbacks
Sometimes you’ll have a post you would like to share on a social platform as limited as Twitter where only 140 characters are allowed. Or, you may want to give a link to someone of your blog post but…it hasn’t exactly gone live yet. You can do both by way of using short links. A… Continue reading
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Google Launches ‘Lynching In America’ Project Exploring Country’s Violent Racial History
“The history of lynching and racial terror in America is the focus of an ambitious new project launched Tuesday by Google, in partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative. Google has helped create a new interactive site titled “Lynching in America,” which is based on an 80-page publication by the EJI. Its research has been adapted… Continue reading
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Jezebel
She is manipulation like time told backwards Even the strongest think they’ve escaped her But she tap dances on their lips And she impales their language With their slave master’s mentality She is Judas Sticking her hands in the cup of your salvation She’ll take you From light to darkness From the daylight to those… Continue reading
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