Title: Phoenix Rising
Tags: pride, black, divine
Blog Entry: Ole to Pride Ole' to Gordon Parks and the men and women Black with gifted hearts. To have seen him in his prime to have known talent so divine. I wish I could have been there when Harlem was new. I wish I could have seen Langston and Maya The "Count and Lady" All that creativity, the birth of expression. The poetry, the words and lyrics The art of art, photographs and paintings. These were the gifted minds of a thriving place and yes a time. Gordon Parks, Dorothy Dandridge, Eartha Kit Sidney Poitier', and Bea so divine. These were our giants. Titians of black history. legends out of time. They gave us ourselves, before the marches before the equality of a long struggle. They gave us, us. The heart and soul of a people at a time when it wasn't cool to be black. These giants showed the world it was a gift to be black. As they sang "to be young gifted and black." They showed us all. Yes to be young gifted and black I call the role and listen to the affirming reply. Matthew Henson...Present BeBe King...Present Sarah Vaughn...Present Mahalia Jackson...Present I call the role Marcus Garvey and Ossie Davis...Present Butterfly McQueen...Present Ruby Keyler...Present Bill Bo jangles...Present Lena Horn...present On and on the role was called on and on the gifts were given. On and on it goes until the end of time oled to a people most gifted and divine.
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