“1 time for ya mind
2 times for Mumia, Sekou
3 times for the Brooklyn dimes”

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“He was cool
Super-cool
Ultrablack
A tan/purple
Had a beautiful shade
He had a double natural
that would put the sisters to shame
His dashikis were tailor made & his beads were imported sea shells
He was triple-hip
His tikis were hand-carved
Out of ivory
And came express from the motherland
He would greet you in Swahili and say goodbye in Yoruba
Mannnn he was so cool & intelligent
Cool-Cool, ultra cool, icebox cool, so cool his wine didn’t have to be cooled
He was air condition cool
Cool-Cool was so cool he made me cool
Cool-Cool so cool we nicknamed him refrigerator
Cool-Cool so cool he didn’t know
After Detroit, Newark, Oakland, and Chicago
We had to remind Cool-cool
that
to be black
is to be
very hot”

-Don L. Lee, 1969

Owerri, Nigeria

“Black woman will define herself, naturally.
Will talk/walk/live & love her images.
Her beauty will be… the only way there is to be”

- Don L Lee

“Attitudes necessary for survival were vigorously pounded into the wooly heads of black boys and girls by their loving mothers. The boys were reared to be Negroes, not men. A negro might survive a while, but a black “man” didn’t live very long…. a black boy aiming to reach “manhood” rather than “Negro-hood” rarely lived that long”
- Jamil Al-Amin

“Can we pretend for 5 minutes?
Close your eyes
And dream in color
Paint me your favorite color
And outline me with broken chalks
You are your favorite fairy tale
Your grandmothers recipe to hugs
You have scars
With time, they transform to memories”
- Priscilla Azaglo

“We struggle with hopes that she doesn’t have to
And that her every dream may be pursued, uninterrupted
Cuz she’s everything that’s ever mattered
And everything that ever will matter”

CARDI B YOUTH CHOIR AINT NO JOKE

Tina Jr. ✨