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Posted By: Thomasena Martin-Johnson on February 04, 2014 We have just finish celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Now we bgin the YEAR LONGcelebration of Black History. If there were no Black History, there would be no history. First, we will begin by a little reflection and a little up dating: "This Is What You Call Me, Let ME Tell You Who I Am" I STARTED out a king The creator of the univrse Civilizer of hu man--- The owner of all That was. Then I became a ****, Dragged screaming to a distant land, Lost from my people--- Beaten Chained, Stripped of pride, Dumped on a cold Alien land of death White evil; Chained Robbed Beaten. I survived--- A colored man Emerged--- **** to the core, Straining to remember A past that paled In distant memory, Still stripped of knowing Who and What I am--- Clawing at the past for a glimpse Of what was. Working hard though Cause MASTA said "Good boys do that", Good boys who come In ALL sizes--- All colors, All ages--- As long as he bowed his head and looked At his feet And answered to tobbie or fiddler--- Couldn't read or cipher Couldn't write or spell, White teethed and peppercorned hair, Jus' a good ole' boy Searching for SELF The pure black African KING Self. The Negro replaced the colored man, Still a boy though ---so Mister Charlie said--- Clinging to his African Queen, A NEGRO woman, a mother needing his SELF; Straining for what was rooted in dark Civilized African soil And loving his children. Then---then He got BLACK With a capital B Beautiful, Black, and Proud, A real metamorphosis Pulling himself up To full man size Proud And beautiful Growing into the AMERICAN AFRICAN. Kente cloth and African names. Wolof, Ibo Mandingo. Masta's name no good--- Growing with national PRIDE A Malcom, and a Garvey, An Ashante and McGill An America African. A Proud MAN of Color. © 2009 Post 1863 America The Beautiful If you enjoyed this article, Join BlackInAmerica.com today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Thomasena Martin-Johnson
Professor, Retired from Langston University Northeastern Univ class of 1961 Member Since January 2009 |
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