Resilience, Wisdom, and the Call for Justice
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "I heard the voices of the children and those of 80 who remain but a child of God. From them came more. My inspiration. I knew why I wanted to write. But it was not until I looked into the mirror of memory that I knew what I needed to write. On the days my grandmother would tire, her stories used up, her memories dim. I remember how she would croon to herself, I'd write a book, but who would read it? And yet go on. From the collectivity of the stories of our grandmothers untold, and for all of their very great and very grand children, here, I hope, is the book they would have written." [19:16]
2. "Know, first of all, know what is right. There is not one religion in the world, Pastor Vicki will agree, that does not have at its core, not one reasonable religion in the world, that does not have at its core, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Frankly, that's all you need to know." [54:08]
3. "In the beginning, the story is told, this is how things came to be. The who was who and what was what between man and woman. What the gods had given man, the gods had given woman. What he could do, she could do. What he had in knowledge and strength, she had. Everything was even, but that was God's plan." [08:18]
4. "And ain't I a woman? Sojourner Truth is said to have rallied challenging the narrowed eye of a norm. With higher expectation, we have conjured a womanhood others have dared attempt to deny and made real the worlds we would behold. It's quite a legacy. As you'll read in these pages. These odes to our womanhood." [17:52]
5. "And she did. Now, God. She said, with all you've given me, I hate to trouble you. But she said, God, whatever that was you gave my man, you need to give him a little less. But God said, no. A gift is a gift. You don't give it back. They could give her more strength, too. But keeping man and woman even in all things hadn't worked out according to plan. So she thought, and they thought. They thought. And she thought. Then she remembered the keys at the gate. So you saw the keys to the kingdom, they smiled all knowing. She could have them if she liked. They knew greater wisdom was a gift she would use well. Well, thankful, she said her praises and rushed home to man. He had his strengths for sure, but she had greater wisdom. And that's why things are the way they are. Factually speaking, to this day, man holds up his end of the bargain for sure, but woman holds the power." [12:23]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The recent Supreme Court decisions against voting rights, against affirmative action, against school desegregations are the 1896 decisions of our era. That is essentially pushing this country back the way Plessy versus Ferguson opening the door to so-called legal segregation, which was the reign of terror that makes Brown v. Board of Ed necessary. And that's what we have just experienced. So those students are out there for a reason. They're out there because what they see is wrong, but they're also out there because the highest" [01:11:35]
2. "Visiting that Jamestown site, I marvel at what happened to those first African Americans and what has sustained their descendants. They're powerful stories of history. History, heritage, and hope. A saga I began retelling with Glory Days, my first book, in what became a trilogy. From Glory Days to our Freedom Days, a celebration of the civil rights era at one with the global movement for Pan-African liberation, and now to our Sister Days, the story of our sojourn and our sojourners, of our Harriets and our Hatshepsuts, by our Nailas and our Nefertis. Our Rashidas and our Roses. And what a herstory we have made. What stories our lives tell." [16:36]
3. "And so, that is my take on what is going on and the battle that is going on in the United States about, and it's also interesting, this month, May, some of you know, some of you don't know, the history of student activism took a mean, mean turn in May of 1974 in when Kent State University, the National Guard, raged on campus and killed students on campus protesting the Vietnam War. And then later, two weeks later, at Jackson State in Mississippi. And in fact, the pictures of Jackson State are even more horrific than the pictures of Kent State because at Kent State, the students were actually outside protesting. And so you can say, well, they did this, they did that, In Jackson State, what you see are glass windows on an upper floor of a dormitory. This was a National Guard riot. The students who were killed were killed in their rooms, minding their business, going about their day. And the spray of gunfire all over that campus as those students protest. Some students, sure, of course, they're African American students. It's 1970s. Of course they're going to protest segregation and this ongoing terrorism because of this reign of terror. Of course they're going to protest it. But the students who were killed that day were in their bedrooms. So we have to see these things in context." [44:11]
4. "And so, once he lands, he holds out his sword. The people see him and they say, what is this? These three ships in the harbor. What are, what is, who is this? And he sees these overdressed people come off the ship and they're in, in their regalia and they're rather arrogant and they're doing whatever. And they go to sea. And he holds out his sword to them and encourages them to touch it. They don't have that kind of sword. They essentially cut themselves. That's psychological warfare. When you invite the person you're going to do something to, to injure themselves. And he says that they will make good servants because they now tell us to do whatever we tell them to do. In his first day, he has, he has concluded that these will be good servants. And he promises to bring a few of them with him when he goes home as his souvenirs. And he also says that they appear to have no religion so they will make good converts to Catholicism. Now, how does he know in his first day whether they have a religion or they don't? It doesn't matter. His mission and what he got the money to do in this business and venture was to go conquer whatever places he sees. And so from thenceforward, he and his sons will become, be given like governorships and they will actually say this is my land but it is the, you know, in service of the queen. Everybody that they see will then be conscripted from then forward to pay taxes to Spain and tithes to the Catholic Church. That's what our tithes are for. That's what our taxes are for. Taxes to the crown, tithes to the Catholic Church. Wherever they went in this so-called age of exploration, that's what has been done. That's why we have had the terrors of 500 years of this slave trade and I know there are some people who want to say well the Africans helped with it. I, years ago, was on the board of the Amistad," [35:19]
5. "The story of African America. That's it. Thank you, Bo. That's it. Okay? And you'll see, I have a picture on, on my homepage. You can just click through and you'll get there. And then it goes right up to Contemporary Works. Um, and, but every month in my newsletter I give another one or one or two of them. Um, you will also find, I list this one because even though this is from Timbuktu in like the 1300s, um, European sacked Timbuktu, these manuscripts were hidden away in private homes for about 400 years. And so, it's in the 1950s that they begin to feel okay with the, with people taking back the independence from Europe, the decolonization, and the manuscripts resurface." [52:02]
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1. "I heard the voices of the children and those of 80 who remain but a child of God. From them came more. My inspiration. I knew why I wanted to write. But it was not until I looked into the mirror of memory that I knew what I needed to write. On the days my grandmother would tire, her stories used up, her memories dim. I remember how she would croon to herself, I'd write a book, but who would read it? And yet go on. From the collectivity of the stories of our grandmothers untold, and for all of their very great and very grand children, here, I hope, is the book they would have written." [19:16]
2. "Know, first of all, know what is right. There is not one religion in the world, Pastor Vicki will agree, that does not have at its core, not one reasonable religion in the world, that does not have at its core, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Frankly, that's all you need to know." [54:08]
3. "In the beginning, the story is told, this is how things came to be. The who was who and what was what between man and woman. What the gods had given man, the gods had given woman. What he could do, she could do. What he had in knowledge and strength, she had. Everything was even, but that was God's plan." [08:18]
4. "And ain't I a woman? Sojourner Truth is said to have rallied challenging the narrowed eye of a norm. With higher expectation, we have conjured a womanhood others have dared attempt to deny and made real the worlds we would behold. It's quite a legacy. As you'll read in these pages. These odes to our womanhood." [17:52]
5. "And she did. Now, God. She said, with all you've given me, I hate to trouble you. But she said, God, whatever that was you gave my man, you need to give him a little less. But God said, no. A gift is a gift. You don't give it back. They could give her more strength, too. But keeping man and woman even in all things hadn't worked out according to plan. So she thought, and they thought. They thought. And she thought. Then she remembered the keys at the gate. So you saw the keys to the kingdom, they smiled all knowing. She could have them if she liked. They knew greater wisdom was a gift she would use well. Well, thankful, she said her praises and rushed home to man. He had his strengths for sure, but she had greater wisdom. And that's why things are the way they are. Factually speaking, to this day, man holds up his end of the bargain for sure, but woman holds the power." [12:23]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The recent Supreme Court decisions against voting rights, against affirmative action, against school desegregations are the 1896 decisions of our era. That is essentially pushing this country back the way Plessy versus Ferguson opening the door to so-called legal segregation, which was the reign of terror that makes Brown v. Board of Ed necessary. And that's what we have just experienced. So those students are out there for a reason. They're out there because what they see is wrong, but they're also out there because the highest" [01:11:35]
2. "Visiting that Jamestown site, I marvel at what happened to those first African Americans and what has sustained their descendants. They're powerful stories of history. History, heritage, and hope. A saga I began retelling with Glory Days, my first book, in what became a trilogy. From Glory Days to our Freedom Days, a celebration of the civil rights era at one with the global movement for Pan-African liberation, and now to our Sister Days, the story of our sojourn and our sojourners, of our Harriets and our Hatshepsuts, by our Nailas and our Nefertis. Our Rashidas and our Roses. And what a herstory we have made. What stories our lives tell." [16:36]
3. "And so, that is my take on what is going on and the battle that is going on in the United States about, and it's also interesting, this month, May, some of you know, some of you don't know, the history of student activism took a mean, mean turn in May of 1974 in when Kent State University, the National Guard, raged on campus and killed students on campus protesting the Vietnam War. And then later, two weeks later, at Jackson State in Mississippi. And in fact, the pictures of Jackson State are even more horrific than the pictures of Kent State because at Kent State, the students were actually outside protesting. And so you can say, well, they did this, they did that, In Jackson State, what you see are glass windows on an upper floor of a dormitory. This was a National Guard riot. The students who were killed were killed in their rooms, minding their business, going about their day. And the spray of gunfire all over that campus as those students protest. Some students, sure, of course, they're African American students. It's 1970s. Of course they're going to protest segregation and this ongoing terrorism because of this reign of terror. Of course they're going to protest it. But the students who were killed that day were in their bedrooms. So we have to see these things in context." [44:11]
4. "And so, once he lands, he holds out his sword. The people see him and they say, what is this? These three ships in the harbor. What are, what is, who is this? And he sees these overdressed people come off the ship and they're in, in their regalia and they're rather arrogant and they're doing whatever. And they go to sea. And he holds out his sword to them and encourages them to touch it. They don't have that kind of sword. They essentially cut themselves. That's psychological warfare. When you invite the person you're going to do something to, to injure themselves. And he says that they will make good servants because they now tell us to do whatever we tell them to do. In his first day, he has, he has concluded that these will be good servants. And he promises to bring a few of them with him when he goes home as his souvenirs. And he also says that they appear to have no religion so they will make good converts to Catholicism. Now, how does he know in his first day whether they have a religion or they don't? It doesn't matter. His mission and what he got the money to do in this business and venture was to go conquer whatever places he sees. And so from thenceforward, he and his sons will become, be given like governorships and they will actually say this is my land but it is the, you know, in service of the queen. Everybody that they see will then be conscripted from then forward to pay taxes to Spain and tithes to the Catholic Church. That's what our tithes are for. That's what our taxes are for. Taxes to the crown, tithes to the Catholic Church. Wherever they went in this so-called age of exploration, that's what has been done. That's why we have had the terrors of 500 years of this slave trade and I know there are some people who want to say well the Africans helped with it. I, years ago, was on the board of the Amistad," [35:19]
5. "The story of African America. That's it. Thank you, Bo. That's it. Okay? And you'll see, I have a picture on, on my homepage. You can just click through and you'll get there. And then it goes right up to Contemporary Works. Um, and, but every month in my newsletter I give another one or one or two of them. Um, you will also find, I list this one because even though this is from Timbuktu in like the 1300s, um, European sacked Timbuktu, these manuscripts were hidden away in private homes for about 400 years. And so, it's in the 1950s that they begin to feel okay with the, with people taking back the independence from Europe, the decolonization, and the manuscripts resurface." [52:02]
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