Olive Elaine Morris is inspirational warfare just like you and all the other freedom fighters today. Thankfully, she did not sit down, wait around, or remain passive in an effort to obtain liberation for black women. Olive Elaine Morris was a victim of police brutality which did not stop her magic. It only fueled her movement! Morris founded many organizations and remained proactive during her time here. If she was alive today she would be that woman who would be raising lots of hell about how they are arresting melanated girls and boys at 8 and 5 years old. Just like you, she would always speak out against police brutality especially when a black man tries to convey that he is a paraplegic but isn't given the benefit of belief. Instead he is treated like his life does not matter and throne around like a piece of trash. I believe that if Olive was here she would've joined forces with some American organizations to demand policy is changed. Police officers who often engage in violation of their oath would have their pensions taken away. I bet all of that brutality will stop. This is why it is imperative to acknowledge women like Olive Elaine Morris. When they start, our resistance can't stop and it won't stop!
🖤✊🏽OLIVE MORRIS✊🏽🖤 The more our history is hidden the more we seek, search, and find out about it. I am so thankful and proud of our sister, Olive Elaine Morris. Ms. Morris was born in Jamaica but most of her legacy and damage to white supremacy are indelibly marked in the UK. Olive parents migrated to South London when she was a nine year old child. Olive was drawn to equal rights for her people at a young age! As a black teen, she joined the British Black Panther organization to bring relief and equality to her people in the UK, specifically to black women. Olive Morris was passionate about ensuring melanated people were free from racial injustice and oppression. Olive E. Morris died at the age of 27 doing what she loved, without fear. Olive Morris definitely had the feisty signature of a melanated black woman crafted in her heart for the battle. As a community activist, Olive E. Morris hunger and thirst to unleash all of her black excellence into the universe towards liberty and justice grew. Olive Morris created her own platforms like The Brixton Black Woman's Group and the Organisation of African Women and Asian Decent to combat the unruly cycles of racism. Olive E. Morris did not like her name but I want you to remember that name (Olive Elaine Morris)! Olive Elaine Morris is inspirational warfare just like you and all the other freedom fighters today. Thankfully, she did not sit down, wait around, or remain passive in an effort to obtain liberation for black women. Olive Elaine Morris was a victim of police brutality which did not stop her magic. It only fueled her movement! Morris founded many organizations and remained proactive during her time here. If she was alive today she would be that woman who would be raising lots of hell about how they are arresting melanated girls and boys at 8 and 5 years old. Just like you, she would always speak out against police brutality especially when a black man tries to convey that he is a paraplegic but isn't given the benefit of belief. Instead he is treated like his life does not matter and throne around like a piece of trash. I believe that if Olive was here she would've joined forces with some American organizations to demand policy is changed. Police officers who often engage in violation of their oath would have their pensions taken away. I bet all of that brutality will stop. This is why it is imperative to acknowledge women like Olive Elaine Morris. When they start, our resistance can't stop and it won't stop! Olive Morris cousin, Ms. Annette Pateman speaks candidly about Olive life, her education, and activism. This proves how our struggles of oppression is a nation to nation problem. It also teaches us how black people fought back and resisted their colonizers from tampering with their freedoms. It illustrates how we always have to continue rising above white supremacy and against it!
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Juneteenth is not taught in American history but it should be. I know it is 2021 but I am trying to understand why those responsible for sharing black history in their curriculum won't do the right thing. I mean, come on you guys (wypipo)! Why would you force black folks to only learn your history and not their own? Or hide and keep a lot of their history from them? We know America hasn't fully dealt with, slavery. America you have got to release those spirits of European haughtiness. June 19, 1865 is known as Black Independence Day. Black folks in Galveston, Texas were completely freed from slavery. The slaves in Galveston, Texas found out a few years later in the month of June (Juneteenth) they were allowed to pursue their freedoms. General Gordon Granger was responsible for telling the slaves in Galveston they were no longer oppressed and controlled. They were free! It was time to party! President Lincoln wrote a document called the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1,1863 declaring an end to slavery throughout the United States of America. Galveston rejected the news of the memo. In light of not having enough representation of Union soldiers to enforce the new law in the state of Texas, the slave owners in Galveston opposed the law. Some of the masters in Texas did not want to let all that free labor go! They just could not rearrange their brains for the change. This is why we celebrate June 19th. This is why we organize and fight against those who wish to cut off our freedoms and lust after building more prisons to plot and scheme against broken poor melanated people. 'I GOT A BLACK FISK BALLED UP AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR ME IT'S FOR ALL OF US" AS I WAS SAYING LAST YEAR AND WILL CONTINUE TO SAY, AGAIN AND AGAIN...
"How are you going to get mad when people don't stand for an American flag that don't even honor it's own American citizens, who pay taxes, and are not fully treated as American equals. Every since black people of African descent were kidnapped from their homeland and brought to this American nation, raped in European colonization, they ain't never been given full access to the same rights as white people. They all know it! Preachers know it but will not show it. A blind man can see it. Politicians have witnessed the difference but for some reason are not willing to put on the armor of courage to make the difference. Why? It took the death of George Floyd for the other part of America to realize that all lives does not matter unless black lives matter. You would have thought all of the horrific, animalistic murders of black men like George Stinney and Emmett Till would have given America a renewed mindset and a change of heart. Here we are still pressing the repeat button again! I am hopeful for the legislation that is coming. I am thankful to know we have folks of all skin colors who are on the right side of history fighting together to make changes." HAPPY JUNETEENTH John Henrik Clarke John Henrik Clarke is an American Professor of African American History. He is the man who developed a curriculum for African American Studies. He was fluid in his pedagogy knowing European historians did not and would not tell the history of folks with melanated skin, honestly. He made it his duty to change the narrative. John Henrik was born in Alabama and died in New York. Dr. Clarke was very fond of Malcom X. Clarke authored several books and he also wrote about Malcolm X. He outlived Malcolm X and Dr. King. John Henrik Clarke was unapologetic about uncovering the validity of black history. John Henrik studied at the best schools and he trained with some of the best historians. John Henrik was dipped in a hot batter of Pan-Africanism. He was a King-Papa who could tell you the luxury of African-American History. We are still learning all of the hidden figures of African American History today. In an effort to distinguish himself from other men with the name John Henry, he changed his name to Henrik. During the era he was born in, John Henry was a common name given to men in his community. It symbolized heroic strength. It is imperative that Dr. John Henrik Clarke books, posters, and all memorabilia are added to your homes. Our family, friends, and children's children will benefit from knowing about John Henrik. I truly adore the mindset of African American men or aboriginal men like John Henrik, who think about how to empower their people with basic economics and self-employment. I love that kind of mind. Dr. Clarke was thinking of some of us before we were born. I appreciate his message to us to deal directly with each other. Cut the middle man out. He emphasized for us to take care of our house first. Let's master and take back our assignments. To do for ourselves is our jobs. Read some of John Henrik Clarke quotes. You'll fall in love with how his thinking is relevant to helping us tackle some of the same issues, today. Most importantly, he acted out all of his thoughts. Some of us need this extra encouragement and push. “We have been educated into believing someone else's concept of the deity, and someone else's standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your freedom, your dignity, and your understanding. And once you do that, you don't apologize." “If you expect the present day school system to give history to you, you are dreaming. This, we have to do ourselves. The Chinese didn't go out in the world and beg people to teach Chinese studies or let them teach Chinese studies. The Japanese didn't do that either. People don't beg other people to restore their history; they do it themselves.” This video is lengthy but it is definitely worthy of your time. Study what Dr. John Henrick Clarke was trying to deposit richly into the minds of melanated people. If you have to borrow from his radiance, please use it. New revelations are yours. Dr. John Henrik Clarke was cheering for everybody black! Unlike some of these so-called black leaders who lust after making love to their own self-interest, he was not against you. He was for you!
CICELY TYSON Black girl magic is her shadow. Cicely Tyson melanin has always been popping. Before Beverly Bond coined the phrase "Black Girls Rock" Ms. Cicely Tyson was already wearing that garment, fiercely. Cicely Tyson is the culmination of black heritage coupled with excellence. She is black history. There is no way to speak of the black experience without bringing up an unapologetic African American woman who rocked many different shades and waves of grace. She intentionally used her platform to positively change the narrative for black people. Ms. Tyson allowed those writers and producers of the dominant society to snuggle up close to her worth. As an American actress Cicely Tyson only accepted roles that laid a solid foundation for black women in film and television. She did not let rejection move her to settle for less. She knew she was the best. My absolute favorite movie of Ms. Cicely Tyson is Madea's Family Reunion. She played the role of Aunt Myrtle. She was the personification of an aunt Myrtle that we all had. In the movie aunt Myrtle was speaking to all the young people in her family at the reunion about loving each other and representing the family values passed down to them from their bloodline. Every word aunt Myrtle spoke in the movie was powerful. It was overflowing with inspirational warfare. It was just a character role Cicely Tyson was playing. Each person who watched the movie was encouraged to do better and be better. Especially black folks. I didn't know Ms. Tyson personally. I do know someone who has met, sat, and talked with her. Cicely Tyson wanted all of us to soar high in what we are called to do. Ms. Tyson represented strength, unity, and love in a genuine way. It didn't matter who you were or your status. Tyson wanted black people to know they were valuable. The person living a street lifestyle, college students, and those in her industry knew they could change and do better. When Ms. Tyson spoke, people listened. Cicely Tyson has so much reverence in the black community. If you look closely you will see Cicely Tyson footprints everywhere. We continue to take notes. A few days after Cicely Tyson released her new memoir "Just as I am" she died. Please add this book to your library. Tyson talks about her faith, daughter, and her longevity in the entertainment business. I had no knowledge of her fashion modeling days. Ms. Tyson was a fashion model before she started her acting career. It's no surprise she would get a contract to model because she was quite beautiful. “The lie of Black inferiority was built right into America’s infrastructure, and to this day, that framework remains stubbornly intact.” Cicely Tyson We will forever love, adore, and miss Cicely Tyson. Ms. Tyson was a part of our heartbeat. She was the epitome of an example given to society to dispel all the negative stigmas unequally distributed towards black women. Tyson victoriously embraced God's favor and goodness. Tyson believed she deserved it! Take this opportunity to know you deserve it! Cicely Tyson lived a great life on purpose! She knew she was part of the greater and not less than. We are thankful for the 96 years of Cicely Tyson impactful life that she was able to share with us. Her legacy and contributions shall always be celebrated.
MISA HYLTON BRIM At the young age of 17 in the middle of the 90's, Misa was spraying her styling scent creatively, on Jodeci. On any given day or occasion, Misa rejuvenated the hip hop nation with her purpose driven 'gone girl' melanin vision. Can't nobody hold Misa Hylton Brim down. She has been behind the scenes as a top rated, never duplicated, Power Pretty Mama fashion designer for over 20 years. Misa is a bad mamma Jama, planting seeds in the pages of Japanese, Jamaican and African American history. Misa's influences are phenomenally stitched on some of your favorite artist like Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott plus Jay and Beyoncé. Misa has behaved in the best Sancti Fly way to encourage you to pursue your truth. No matter what your aspirations are, you can make it happen! She ate, drank, and slept in waiting for the opportunity to style those individuals in the hip hop community. Most importantly, she was ready. They say you can't be in love with two at the same time. Misa was in love with hip hop and fashion at the same time so that's not true. She blended her two passions into an everlasting empire. Companies like Pepsi, Amazon, and Viacom seek her alliance for their brands. Please try your best to cultivate your kids and loved ones gifts and talents in the fashion industry. Don't step hard on their dreams. I do understand parents, family and friends don't mean any harm by indicating a career in fashion is not realistic. Misa is a testament that proves it is!
SELMA BURKE Who is Dr. Selma Hortense Burke? Dr. Selma Burke was a Power-Pretty navy lady, a nurse, a model, an educator dipped in rich thick black girl magic, and an American sculptress. Oh how America have lusted after dimming the shinning light on black history. Dr. Burke was a powerful piece of strength to the Harlem Renaissance. Selma is renowned for sculpting President Franklin Roosevelt. Oh yes a black woman did that. When you look at the dime, it was designed by Dr. Selma. She survived and thrived all the Jim Crow and hate that was thrown her way. Just like you! America has always been biased with history. European history was and still is the dominant factor within the educational curriculum. I wish I was taught about Dr. Selma Burke. It is crucial for black and brown folks to see history reflective of them. It is conducive to the soul of the black child to experience being taught by role models and images that look like them. I have nothing against any white women educators. I know lots of good teachers who are European. This is not my opinion, it is factual that white women overwhelmingly are hired to teach in black and brown communities. Why is that? It’s not like there is a shortage of black professional qualified teachers. Here is the thing. You will never ever see a majority of black women teaching in a predominately white city or suburb. So why is it like that for black communities? Revamp those policies. If there is a community of Spanish speaking children or bilingual Latinos, there should be a majority of educators who look like them; who can speak language like them and add to their culture. It is simple. It is not hard. Black kids have had a corrupt bloodline when it comes to their history. We were brainwashed with the majority of our history glamorizing slavery. Slavery is not the only part. There are many chapters needed to be shared. If black kids had teachers brave enough to teach their kids the hidden gems of black history, that knowledge would have possibly changed their lives. I am convinced those who purposely orchestrated the educational curriculum to cater to Europeans only, knew that. Blacks refined and reclaimed their history. Thank goodness we know more than we did yesterday. We are still unpeeling new levels and making history. To all the black women, men, and guardians of black children, your kids are not throwaway kids. They may have issues. They may have weaknesses. We all do. They also have intelligence and some other strengths. You may have a child that has behavior problems. You probably call the child bad. If your child can draw anything you place in front of him/her, that is a gift from Yahweh (God). If your child has the gift of drawing or the Dr. Selma Burke gift of sculpting, they are not inoperable, they are unstoppable. This is why we must know our history. We must study it. It tells us there are smithereens of black excellence we can aspire to be like. It makes us feel good to know someone that looks like us did it and made it happen. It is great for our mental wellness to witness it in light of all the things we still have to fight for due to economics and skin color. Dr. Selma Burke is definitely someone our community should know about. You don't know what the creator has in store for your children's future so please share examples of their wealthy history with them.
CHARLES HARRISON Charles Harrison is another hidden figure of black history we didn't know about. This brother worked as a freelance designer for Sears Roebuck & Company. I wonder if Sears ever mentioned this publicly? Surely Sears could have shared this around Black History Month! It is so crucial to do your own research and work when it comes to black history, black people. This is why I was motivated to start the creation of Sancti Fly History and Culture content. We have to seek out information and be proactive in our history. European history is not the only story that should be told. It is very healthy for black people and black children to see individuals who look like them; who accomplished their goals and dreams. Oh my goodness! As a child, I remember I had my very own View-Master. All the kids in my neighborhood did as well. The View-Master was an extremely popular gift on Christmas. Mr. Harrison's design of the View-Master was a well-known toy. I didn't know a black man invented the red little gadget. Mr. Harrison had a great business mind. Harrison is also credited for his designs of the first plastic trash cans and for a variety of sewing machines specifically for Sears Roebuck & Company. It is significantly imperative for young black innovative minds to have examples of aspiration personalized to them. It will help our sons and daughters emulate those images and create a path of their own legacies. If Yahweh gave Charles Harrison the vision and purpose to design and create, it shall be done for your bloodline. Lord only knows what your babies were born to do and be. Support them! They can do it too! Harrison is our evidence of limitless possibilities. Yes, a black man by the name of Charles Harrison did this!
JIM CROW LAWS The length and width of white segregationist has survived by white supremacy. It overtly lasted from the 1800s to the 1960s. These were laws enacted by the American Government to keep black people in their place. The narrative and stentorian cries of screaming "Black Laws Matter" is nothing new. It is an ugly truth of resistance that black folks have been faced with for centuries. America has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that yesterday and even today, black lives does not matter. If it did, those who falsely think they are the majority would have finalized this situation. Black people are not inferior. Black people have been a major addition to the United States of America. Black people are due for reparations. Jim Crow Laws is one obvious reason why. Black people live in this world and in the United States, but they are not fully treated how all-American citizens should be treated. Therefore, black lives don't matter to the people who are able to change laws and policies but hasn't done it. The same democrats and republicans who were okay with Jim Crow back then, have done nothing! Black people were punished with fines or jail time if they didn't obey the Jim Crow Laws. Did you hear that? These were laws! It makes you question the laws of the land sometimes, as we all should. Just because it is a law doesn't make it right. This was an effective target on the race of black people, only. Does it seem familiar to you? Below are some examples of Jim Crow. All folks are welcomed to know about it. Especially black families and children. Amateur Baseball
In Georgia, it was against the law for both blacks and whites to play amateur baseball near each other. They had to remain separated, like within two blocks of each other. Barbers If you were a Negro Barber in Georgia, it was illegal for you to serve white women and girls. White men did not like black men around their women /girls. Isn't it rather peculiar how they created the false stigma about white women being around black men when it has been white men who have raped and had their way historically with black girls and black women. Black people didn't have the law on their side. There was no protection for black women and black girls. Bathroom Facilities, Male In the state of Alabama, if you were an employer of white folks (males) or negro people (males) you had to keep the bathrooms separate. The Blind The board of trustees in the state of Louisiana made up a law for colored blind folks. Black people had to be in a separate building for their admission, care, and instruction to get help as a blind race of people. The facilities utilized by black individuals were in the worse conditions on purpose . Burial In Georgia, black people couldn't be buried next to white people or use a burial that was set aside for white folks. They had to find somewhere else to go when their loved ones died. Race played a major benefactor and it still does to this day. This is why history is important. It is conducive for black people to study their history. Buses The colored passengers had to have different waiting rooms and ticket windows independent from white folks at all bus stations in the state of Alabama. Alabama was a significant state for the bus boycotts that successfully took place in Montgomery from 1955-1956. Black folks got tired of paying the exact same bus fair but was treated less than equal, sitting on the back of the bus. They also had to give up their seats if a white person needed it. This was the law. America you need to be born again. I don't know about making you great again. America you have those same heart problems from back in the day. Your heart isn't right. You owe black folks reparations. Child Custody In South Carolina it was against the law for a negro to have custody or guardianship of any white children. If a white person or parent wanted to give up their child they could not allow that child to be in the care of a black person. This was highly hypocritical. White people were allowed to have black women, men, and children work in their homes, raise their babies and give them business ideas that made them rich. Circus Tickets Louisiana had a Jim Crow Law that enforced circus shows that had two races attending on the same day, be at least 25 feet apart from each other just to purchase tickets. They had to have two disconnected entrances. One for whites and one for the blacks, indoors and outdoors. Cohabitation Florida placed negro men who dated or wasn't married to white women in jail or fined them $500. This Jim Crow Law was applied to black women who were dating and living together with white men. Education The schools in Florida for white children negro children was made to be split up and detached from each other. Mississippi schools kept white and black races separate. Missouri made it illegal for black children to attend white schools, or any white child to attend a black school. New Mexico said black kids and white kids had to have separate rooms for teaching. The County Board of Education in Texas made schools separate by having one for white children and one for black children. Fishing, Boating, and Bathing The Conservation Commission of Oklahoma exercised their right to make segregation of the white and blacks in fishing, boating and bathing. Hospital Entrances Mississippi hospitals kept white and black patients in separate entrances for patients and visitors.This law like most Jim Crow was targeted by the race only. Housing Louisiana did not allow whites and blacks to rent any buildings from each other to live in. Especially if it was occupied by white folks. They wanted blacks living around blacks and whites living around whites. Kinda like it is today but we have made some strides. This is where white flight came from, Jim Crow. White people are conditioned to thinking negative things about black folks when they move into their neighborhood. If you were caught renting housing and not keeping the black and whites separate, it that was considered to be a misdemeanor. You were also subjected to a fine of twenty-five ($25.00) to one hundred ($100.00) dollars or jailed. Intermarriage If a person was black and white in the state of Arizona they could not marry. White people couldn't mix their bloodline with any other race. It was not acceptable. It was an illegitimate marriage. Florida said blacks and whites could not marry. Also, the descents to the fourth generation of black and whites was forever prohibited. In Georgia a white person could only marry white people. You were in violation of the law if you did otherwise. Blacks and whites were prohibited from marrying in Maryland. In Mississippi marrying one-eighth or more of negro blood, was unlawful and void. No person having one-eighth part or more of negro blood was allowed to marry a white person. It was prohibited for blacks and whites to be in love in Missouri. Blacks and whites were prohibited from marrying in Wyoming. Juvenile Delinquents Florida had separate buildings for their juveniles. White boys and black boys were prevented from working together and associating. Libraries Reading books or periodicals were separated for blacks and whites in North Carolina . White people in Texas could use the county free library. Black people had to have separate provisions in order to utilize the library. Lunch Counter In South Carolina blacks and whites could not eat in the same rooms. It had to be separate. Mental Hospitals Negroes and whites were not allowed to be together as patients in the Georgia mental hospitals . Militia North Carolina white and black troops were separated from each other and the black troops were under the command of white officers. Mining The baths and lockers for the blacks was separate from the whites in Oklahoma. They were allowed to be in the same building. Nurses In Alabama nurses were not allowed around black men. Parks Georgia kept blacks with blacks at parks and white with whites. Pool and Billiard Rooms In Alabama it was against the law for blacks and whites to engage in a game of pool or billiards. Prisons In Mississippi the warden enforced the separation of eating and sleeping from the blacks and white prisoners. Promotion of Equality In Mississippi the promotion of equality or social of intermarriage between whites and negroes, was a misdemeanor. You could be jailed or fined if you violated this law. Railroads In Alabama the conductor divided passengers by race to place them where they thought they belonged . Maryland was required to provide separate cars or coaches for the travel and transportation of the white and black passengers. The conductors or managers in the state of Virginia was authorized to assign all white and passengers his or her on separate space and in charge of stating the race or the person. If you looked white but was black, you received the better treatment. Reform Schools In Kentucky the reform of schools was kept completely separate from black and white children. Restaurants In Alabama it was against the law for whites and black people to be served in the same restaurants at the same time, unless there was a separate entrance. In Georgia you had to serve blacks and whites separately, not at the same time. Teaching In Oklahoma it was considered a misdemeanor if any professor or educator taught in schools, colleges or institutions where white and blacks were enrolled. Look how far we have come. Think about the miles we have to go finish. Telephone Booths In Oklahoma yes, you probably guessed that white folks and black folks could not use the same telephone booths. This had nothing to do with Corona or any virus. Well those who promoted this kind of behavior may have had some form of heart disease. Textbooks In North Carolina textbooks were given to whites first and then handed down to blacks. White folks got the best and blacks got what was left. That is still an issue in some communities today. Theaters In Virginia white and blacks had separate designated seats. Whites, of course got the best and blacks got whatever was left. Transportation North Carolina had separate waiting rooms at all stations for the white and black races. Wine and Beer In the state of Georgia, you had to sell your alcohol to either black folks or white folks separately. You could not sell in the same room at the same time. These Jim Crow Laws were exponentially permitted in the southern states. Their racism permeated from state to state. We are still dealing with the cancer of it. It's unbelievable what black American folks endured. But still endure. HENRIETTA LACKS I get the feeling sometimes that make me wonder why they want to control, steal and monopolize off of a black woman's thunder. That is what happened at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Henrietta made life better for the hoi polloi of individuals diagnosed with polio, HPV vaccines, and in vitro fertilizations. Dr. Gey and all the rest of the scientist used her cells without her consent, only to their benefit. The year was back in 1951 when segregation had its perfect little nasty way with racial inequities in America.
Tell your mama, your daddy, your children, and all generations about this black woman's story. Henrietta Lacks is a black woman that mattered. It took years for us to know about Henrietta Lack because they lied and thrived in hiding the facts and truth. When it comes to the history and contributions of black folks, there are a lot of hidden colors + hidden figures to discover. Henrietta's life and her cells mattered financially well to all those researchers who became wealthy from the creation Yahweh gave her. We can only imagine all the other black folks that were surreptitiously diced and sliced against their free will or by manipulation. So you think black people are not due for reparations? If you've ever wondered, why black folks are so apprehensive about going to the hospitals or going to see their doctors? Henrietta Lack is a hint of why. There has always been medical warfare going on in the black community since The 'Father of Modern Gynecology' oops I meant to say the "monster of gynecology." He improved some of his methods by using enslaved black women. Back then (and NOW) black women were/are disposable pieces of nothing (to them). Black women lived and continue to live in an American society where their pain is taken for granted, and their treatment in the medical field is extremely shady. This is why we (black women) have to be our own advocates. We tend to get referrals of good physicians. If a physician happens to be fantastic and black, the sweetness is bliss. The gal with the cells who cured the world, her legacy will be in the belly of longevity. MALCOLM X El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz I salute this empyrean king who spoke truth to power, born on May 19. I thought it would be appropriate to give Sancti-Fly homage to the fabric of Malcolm Little that gave birth to Malcolm X. Malcolm was born to achieve, lead, to restore, and to overcome. His parents were both caught in the web of white supremacy. As a child his father Earl Little, was murdered by the white supremacist organization, Black Legions. Malcolm X family was bullied and harassed strategically for years by the Black Legions in light of Earl Little being an activist, supporter of Marcus Garvey and a black nationalist Baptist preacher. Malcolm's mother, Louise Little had a mental breakdown when they murdered her husband. She was placed in a mental institution. Malcolm and his siblings were raised in foster homes and orphanages as a result of their parents' tragedy. Do you think your life would be different if you had a similar chapter in your life like Malcolm? Do you understand why a little black boy would be misled into a life of crime? I'm sure if your mom and dad was taken away from you at a young age, your life would have turned out a little different in the beginning. Can you imagine living with your sisters and brothers then all of a sudden, being separated from them? Malcolm X was not a saint. When he went to jail for burglary he was introduced to the Muslim religion and became proactive in the Nation of Islam under the spiritual guidance of Elijah Muhammad. He had warrior blood pumping through his veins, with a mixture of black nationalism and civil rights in it. Malcolm X was a natural intellectual. Elijah could see it. He made Malcolm X the national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm soared high in his position. He was very successful opening up new temples in many different states. He was well-known locally and nationally. He loved black people! He didn't trust white people, nor did he like them very much because of his history with the Klan and his background experience with them as a child. As a Muslim, he was taught that white folks were against the progression of black folks. It was not a lie! The Tulsa riots can attest to that. When Malcolm X went to Mecca it changed the trajectory of his ideology within his Muslim faith. He saw brothers and sisters who were Muslims of all skin tones. They treated each other as brothers and sisters despite skin color. He even changed his name from Malcolm X to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz after his pilgrimage to Mecca. Jealousy made it's entrance in the Nation of Islam coupled with the fear of the FBI. They were nervous about black men uniting with other like-minded black people. White supremacy was rampant in the land. Yes, even in the FBI. It is alleged that three members of the Nation of Islam and the men with the badges (FBI) killed Malcolm X. He was shot multiple times at a unity rally in New York at the Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965. Malcolm X has a notorious spirit that is still active; surviving and thriving. He is a man we indeed, will always reverence as a humanist, an activist, and a threat to white supremacy. He was against oppression and injustice. I wasn't even born but he was fighting for me to be treated as a human being. Malcolm gave us the truth about chemical warfare, spiritual warfare, economic warfare and medical warfare. He is and was inspirational warfare. He taught us to stand up for what was right by any means necessary. I understand how easily distorted truth can be. Certain folks lust to change the narrative when it comes to black people and black history. Self respect and self-esteem were the rich things Malcolm X gave us. Malcolm X taught us to love ourselves, do for ourselves, and unite to control our own destinies. He told black women we were fearfully and wonderfully made to rock our magic in the beauty Yah made us in. There is so much going on today. George Floyd was murdered in daylight by 4 police officers, Ahmaud Arbery was shot to his death while he was jogging and Breonna Taylor was killed in her home. Taylor's house was the wrong house. I don't fully grasp how politicians and those who say they love Jesus, both black and white, can remain so silent. Malcolm spoke out about police brutality in 1960 and here we are in 2020 following the yellow brick road of an American government who has allowed violence against black folks for centuries. What do you suggest we do? If Malcolm was alive today, things would be different. In order for America to live up to it's legacy, America would have to make liberty and justice normal for black people. Clean your house up America!
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