Category: Soul Art
Congressman John Lewis– Walking Towards the Heavenly Wind
And now Congressman Lewis is walking towards the heavenly wind. My God has called him home!
What Does It Mean to Be the Color BLACK
I have to wonder if today could be my last all because of a white man with a gun and a badge. I can’t wear a hoodie over my face, it’s a mask. A mask that says SHOOT ME!! But you don’t even ask. You don’t ask about my background such as where I grew…
Last Word
He died
A full man
It was a Wednesday
(just after prayer meeting)
Fun Times with “Dream Boogie”
Fun times with “Dream Boogie” by Langston Hughes
COVID-19: A Prayer
COVID—19 That virus (deadly) Has ravished our world— An un-welcomed visitor Unholy– Stealing breath from the Beautiful Demanding Distance. Quarantine. Masks. Gloves. Death But You call our eyes (Lord) to embrace, to hold each other –up: Though our lips tremble, Wheat and Tares Pray Together– We will say of the LORD, “He is [our] refuge…
Madeia Jacobs Remembers Her Mom’s Love for Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Madeia Quiento Jacobs ON April 4th, 1968 I was 5 1/2. The only reason I remember this day is because I walked into our living room and Nana was seating on the arm of a chair crying. This is the first and maybe the only time I saw our mother cry. I said, ”…
My Mom’s Cake: A Thanksgiving Prayer
There is also an ingredient of acknowledged grace running through my veins. It is the blood that keeps me moving-even in challenging times.
The Sea’s A-Rising: for Martin and Coretta Scott King January 30, 1956
Originally posted on Dr. Hyman's African American Culture Review :
Grace was in the crowd at 309 Jackson Street. The sea rose: Baptizing hate at 309 Jackson Street into love The “light” colored car came Mumbling segregation/ Delivering dynamite to kill The dreams and dreamers. The Sea’s a-rising to Drown hate into love Grace presses…
Dr. Hyman's African American Culture Review 