Michael Jackson National African American Art Examiner Series
ABERJHANIBefore the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity
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Everywhere we shine death and life burn into something new.
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Many may very well continue to ask why more value is placed on technicalities of a law than on a man’s flesh and blood life, especially when there is any amount of “doubt” at all regarding his guilt or innocence.
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Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.
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Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one’s love to it without compromise or dilution.
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Until the past ten years, many defined the period primarily by its well-known literary, musical, and artistic elements while overlooking the fact there was any political component to it at all.
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At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true,
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September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles’ wings.–from the poem Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001
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Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.
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Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy
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Delivering well-crafted speeches, assembling unified coalitions, passing historic legislation, signing well-aimed executive orders, and cultivating a poised but accessible demeanor.
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A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.
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The word ‘survivor’ carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women.
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That we all encounter during some unavoidable point of our existence into a sustainable life-affirming poetics of passionate creativity, empowered spiritual vision, and inspired commitment.
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How many fears came between us? Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hell rained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death.
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By consciously meditating upon spiritual truths and cultivating personal integrity, one need never fear negative circumstances.
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