HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY
We Celebrate A People
(A Tribute in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Forced to learn a language, without essential tools
No teachers! No books!No need for any schools!
STILL. They Learned!
Counted as 1/5 human, disenfranchised as such,
Their need to have a voice would not be hushed.
A fire was Hot.
A rope was Tight.
Nevertheless A People would Die for their Rights.
INALIENABLE RIGHTS. GUARANTEED.
Regardless of Race, Religion or Creed.
We Celebrate A People that WOULD,
when James Weldon Johnson said:
"Lift Every Voice 'til Earth & Heaven Rings"
A People who UNDERSTOOD,
when Maya articulated exactly
'Why The Caged Bird Sings'.
We Celebrate A People
A SPIRIT no shackle could chain;
A SPIRIT no cracking whip could wane;
A SPIRIT Jim Crow Lawws couldn't break.
A SPIRIT no living thing could take.
We celebrate the riches of our Heritage,
the tenacity of our Ancestors & the Hope for our Children,
As well as the Legacy of Determination bequeathed US.
To all of this we cling,
And in so doing:
WE CELEBRATE A DREAM & A KING!
posted by mimi at 4:50 AM
5 Comments:
Happy MLKjr Day!...
ohhh I love Maya A.!!!! What a fascinating lady she is!
Happy MLK, Jr.Day to you Deslily! Usually I do something special - a tribute at a local school or church, of find a soup-kitchen to volunteer for a few hours; but none of that came to pass: schools are closed;nothing in the paper about a daytime event;I phoned 2 of the kitchens I know of:they ALL were having a "bus ride" to NYC for a Special King Day Celebration. How do they say? #1 No good deed goes unpunished/#2 all dressed up & no where to go. lol. Maybe I'll plan better next year.
beautifully put.
I found you through the Dragon, while we were both (not) pimping our own blogs.
I wanna be just like you when I grow up....
this was another top notch micki original. You need to use this blog to empty out your archives. You could get some kind of deal or somethin'.
Thank you Kiyotoe;that means a lot coming from you;I was going through the many comments on your 2 part blog & the Counselor's sequel: after about the 3rd time I read them ALL from the first to the last, I realized how truly far we've come;I know we still have a very long way to go, and I don't see it really changing in my lifetime. I was thinking about some volunteer work I did when I was in college;there was a day care center with children from wealthy families and children from poor families they were too young to know which was which;they formed little "cliques" not based on race or class, but on the games they pulled out the box to play; I'll never forget (because of the progressive center, there were deaf and blind children also there) one day a reclusive blind girl who always sat in the same spot, speaking only when spoken to, was approached by one of the boys who asked questions, honest & curious like any 4-year old would;the little girl was relieved and answered the boy's questions, though many were silly but not insensitive, I was going to intervene when he stood up, took her hand and said, "You wanna play?" She couldn't see he was Black, he had no idea her blindness was a handicap. The two became very good friends;I guess what I'm going the long way to say is: We are taught to hate and fear, but it's truly awesome when two innocents physically demonstrate that it doesn't have to be. Peace & Love, micki
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