#blackpowermatters
“ ‘Land of the free…’
but not me”
- Digable Planets
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“They sat there
dressed in African garb & dark sunglasses
listening to the brothas play
taking notes
We didn’t realize who they were until their next recording had been released:
The Beatles Play Soulmusic”
. - Haki Madhubuti
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“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
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“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”
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“… In the beginning, I was not a political person at all. I had no interest in the struggle. My life at the time had been such a mess and I was so unhappy with myself. One day I saw MOVE demonstrating in front of a police precinct and I was just struck. It wasn’t necessarily what they were saying but the way they were talking and these were women, powerful women. I had never seen a woman get on a bullhorn in front of all these people and the police and talk so confident and assertive. This is what drew me to them”
- Janine Africa, 2019
Janine Africa was one of 9 MOVE members who (in an effort by the city of Philadelphia to destroy the MOVE organization) was framed for the murder of a cop and imprisoned in the year 1978. They were routinely beaten, tortured, poisoned and made subject to the most inhumane living conditions all in attempt to break them.They were told that if they renounced their beliefs, they’d be released. They refused and so they remained imprisoned, enduring all manner of brutal treatment for over 40 years. As of 2019, Janine has been released and remains committed- mind, body and soul to the struggle to liberate all black and oppressed people.
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Projection art from last night’s #Asians4BlackLives action at the SF Chinese New Year parade.
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#Asians4BlackLives at the Lunar New Year Parade in SF.
The image of the lines is the image for the I-Ching’s symbol of Revolution - fire under the lake where two forces combat and social change must happen.
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