TRIP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY MUSEUM, LIVERPOOL In the evening gray, beside the sea,the dry docks are empty; there’s a nip in the air and someone I know is holdingher insides, bile-soaked—washed in the retch of memory. Maybe it’s by such tendernesswe exist. Here, I dream not of forgiveness but my mother. Her voice revealing… Continue reading A Series of Poems
The African presence in America before Columbus is of importance not only to African and American history but to the history of world civilizations. It provides further evidence that all great civilizations and races are heavily indebted to one another and that no race has a monopoly on enterprise and inventive genius. – Ivan Van… Continue reading They Came Before Columbus – a mythological text
Since the arrival of Black people in this country, there has been an agenda and a mandate to repress Black voices. The American government works tirelessly to stop Black voices from being heard and even just existing. The definition of political repression is the act of a state entity controlling citizens by force for political… Continue reading Black Mandate
There is nothing else I would rather be than a Black girl in this lifetime. This affirmation has not been instilled in me since childhood. This affirmation had to grow with me, and manifest itself in me and it is this manifestation that motivates me every day. During my undergraduate years at the University of… Continue reading Black Feminism
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