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African-Americans didn’t want to finagle forks and knives or sharecrop their lives away with a cutlass in hand, they wanted books.

May 11, 2015 Jewel Brooks

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Re: Emancipation

May 11, 2015 Jewel Brooks

Before Lincoln’s signature had even dried on the Emancipation Proclamation, African-Americans were starting schools public and private. Education, no matter how remedial meant freedom for African-Americans because it was one step closer to be put on level ground with their … Continue reading Re: Emancipation

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To live and die in colonialist America as an African is testimony of the elasticity of a people.

May 11, 2015 Jewel Brooks

Continue reading To live and die in colonialist America as an African is testimony of the elasticity of a people.

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Re: More loving

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In the pew hate and jealousy can rise to the surface like grease in a pot full of dish water. Once a poisonous atmosphere takes hold and the church ceases to do what it was erected for, to spread a message … Continue reading Re: More loving

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In the slums and ghettoes the church and the mosque have proven to give laymen powers miraculous 

May 11, 2015 Jewel Brooks

Continue reading In the slums and ghettoes the church and the mosque have proven to give laymen powers miraculous 

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Everyone worships something, the needle, the pistol, the mattress, the cross, or the crescent moon. Everyone gives glory and thanksgiving.

May 11, 2015 Jewel Brooks

Continue reading Everyone worships something, the needle, the pistol, the mattress, the cross, or the crescent moon. Everyone gives glory and thanksgiving.

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The Church also represented holy sanctum for those who could not cut it in the harsh caste system of Street Life but could be adept to Pew Politics.

May 11, 2015 Jewel Brooks

Continue reading The Church also represented holy sanctum for those who could not cut it in the harsh caste system of Street Life but could be adept to Pew Politics.

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Re: Pharaoh’s sun

May 11, 2015 Jewel Brooks

For a young African American child, the Church was where they could strut like peacocks in their Sunday’s Best or be praised for their own merits and talents (when used favorably for the Church). For grown folks the Church is … Continue reading Re: Pharaoh’s sun

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One should never forfeit any parts of their identity to qualify for full transaction of citizenship.

May 11, 2015 Jewel Brooks

Continue reading One should never forfeit any parts of their identity to qualify for full transaction of citizenship.

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The realm is too small and time on earth is too precious to be isolated on an island struggling. 

May 11, 2015 Jewel Brooks

Continue reading The realm is too small and time on earth is too precious to be isolated on an island struggling. 

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