I loathe one track minds, trapped in familiarity and comfort. Have the nerve to curse,love,hate,admire and seek, to be predictable is to leave a poem unfinished.. End your beginning and begin your climax, for life is short and the young days shorter
I unfortunately have allowed the cluttering of my mind to interrupt the serenity of my soul
10 year old Black Dynamite, please spell ‘white’ and use it in a sentence.
No, I’m sorry that is incorrect, Black Dynamite. True, but incorrect.
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Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.
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I live for the night, my mind grapples with so many different things
Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people; before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children; before you preach to me of your passion for your faith, teach me about it through your compassion for your neighbors. In the end, I’m not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as I am in how you choose to live and give.
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Egypt, 1920s, in colour. Autochromes taken by Gervais Courtellemont and W. Robert Moore for National Geographic.
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Today in history: February 23, 1868 – W.E.B DuBois born.
DuBois was an intellectual leader and activist in the Black liberation movement and anti-colonial movement for decades. He was a life-long fighter for full equality for Black people in the U.S., co-founding the NAACP, active in struggles against lynching, Jim Crow laws and discrimination in education and employment. DuBois was an internationalist, organizing several Pan-African Congresses supporting the national liberation movements in Africa. He was a prolific author, writing many important articles and books including a key book for understanding U.S. history, Black Reconstruction in America.
DuBois believed that capitalism was a primary cause of racism, and was generally sympathetic to socialist causes throughout his life. Though he conflicted with the Communist Party for many years, at age 93 he finally joined the Communist Party. He traveled throughout the world and was friends with leaders of liberation movements in Africa and Asia (pictured see DuBois with Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong).
DuBois faced serious repression during the McCarthy era, having his passport revoked for 8 years. He died at age 95 in Ghana, while there working with Nkrumah’s government on an Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora.
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