Dear friends,
Ever since the very first of Our ancestors was dragged to the shores of this country in chains, as he screamed “Give me Africa back!”, we as a people have been involved in a struggle for liberation. That struggle just mentioned has generally been divided into two camps. They are: 1) Resistance. and 2) Accommodation.
The resistance aspect of Our liberation movement has involved everyone from early captive workers or so-called “slaves” to Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Marcus Garvey, and Malcolm X, to name a few.
The accommodating types, largely starting with Our ministers - following the North American Civil War, leading all the way up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (for example, what person didn't have a "dream" for his or her children, long before King was even born?). Finally, the “accommodating” so-called Civil Rights Movement of African Americans died with Martin King - a man who I sat with, albeit begrudgingly, for about 2 ½ hours, some two years after the now famous March on Washington. Moreover, the Black Consciousness Movement that lasted from 1965 to 1985 took over and has far more to do with the election of Barack Obama as POTUS than the Civil Rights Movement.
Liberation!
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJEXZVekZbE
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