Congratulations Dr. King
Today marks an historical day in American history. For the first time, a great American who was black will be honored in Washington DC at the National Mall. The groundbreaking for Dr. Martin Luther King's memorial is scheduled for today at 9:00AM. Many people will be there for this event, I wish I was one of them. One of those people is the great poetess, Maya Angelou. She plans to read a poem written by another and I want to take this chance to share it with you all. She said she chose it because it is perfect for today and the mood and the atmosphere of our society. It truly moved me and I hope it does you too.
Frederick Douglass
When it is finally ours, this freedom, this liberty, this beautiful and terrible thing, needful to man as air, usable as earth; when it belongs at last to all, when it is truly instinct, brain matter, diastole, systole, reflex action; when it is finally won; when it is more than the gaudy mumbo jumbo of politicians:this man, this Douglass, this former slave, this Negro beaten to his knees, exiled, visioning a world where none is lonely, none hunted, alien, this man, superb in love and logic, this man shall be remembered. Oh, not with statues' rhetoric, not with legends and poems and wreaths of bronze alone, but with the lives grown out of his life, the lives fleshing his dream of the beautiful, needful thing.
by Robert Hayden
Please take a moment today to think about all the struggles and the comforts of your life. Think about all those who came before you and did unimaginable things to allow you the freedoms you have today. Thank those people and think about what you can do for your future, your child's future and the world's future.
Will Work For Shoes
Frederick Douglass
When it is finally ours, this freedom, this liberty, this beautiful and terrible thing, needful to man as air, usable as earth; when it belongs at last to all, when it is truly instinct, brain matter, diastole, systole, reflex action; when it is finally won; when it is more than the gaudy mumbo jumbo of politicians:this man, this Douglass, this former slave, this Negro beaten to his knees, exiled, visioning a world where none is lonely, none hunted, alien, this man, superb in love and logic, this man shall be remembered. Oh, not with statues' rhetoric, not with legends and poems and wreaths of bronze alone, but with the lives grown out of his life, the lives fleshing his dream of the beautiful, needful thing.
by Robert Hayden
Please take a moment today to think about all the struggles and the comforts of your life. Think about all those who came before you and did unimaginable things to allow you the freedoms you have today. Thank those people and think about what you can do for your future, your child's future and the world's future.
Will Work For Shoes
posted by Will Work For Shoes @ 5:13 AM
1 Comments:
At 7:46 AM,
Not So Cosmo said…
Will (W.F.S.),
That was an absolutely wonderful post; you're amazing. I wasn't aware any of that was taking place, considering, I don't really like the news. I am happy to see the King receiving a statue in a country he died trying to make a better place. The poem is awesome; the poet is money; and Maya...just phenomenal. Le sigh. I do have a lot of love in my heart, and it endures beyond color and nationalities... and beyond the here and now. Love is one of the best things I can do for the next generation.
*_*
N~S~C
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