African American GOLDEN LEGACY
A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS...
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD...
"One's work may be finished some day, but one's education -- never."
~Quote from Alexander Dumas (author of The Three Musketeers)
Phyllis Wheatley--1773
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley
Zora Neale Hurston was an American author who wrote stories, novels, anthropological folklore and an autobiography. She died in 1960 but her works have increased in popularity and are passing the test of time with staying power. She was a unique artist and scientist who produced for us a large body of work that stands equal to any body of work in American Literature and world literature.
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/hurs-zor.htm
FAMOUS BLACK WRITERS & POETS:
* James Baldwin
* Gwendolyn Brooks
* Alexandre Dumas
* Alex Haley
* Nikki Giovanni
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Langston Hughes
I, Too, Sing America
...~ by Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--
I, too, am America.
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Imagine walking down the street on a hot summer day in a new pair of shoes, having left the Beauty Shop where you left your African-American girlfriend who was getting her hair done. Then you stop on the corner at the traffic light to wait for the green light. Several big semi-trucks stop on a dime because they have the red light.
As you stand there you notice some children eating ice cream and their mother is talking on her cell phone.
You had left the shop to just take a walk to see the sights of the city, but you need to find a bathroom first. You go into one of the office buildings and use the toilet. You get on an elevator and ride up to the third floor. While you are in that building, you enjoy the cool air from the air conditioner...and you stop to sharpen your pencil so that you can finish writing a letter that you started earlier.
Then you start back out on your walk again...and this time you notice a small jazz band playing in the park. So--before sitting down, you go into the near-by "Health Food Store" and purchase an herbal health drink."--Then you walk over to the park and sit down and listen to the soothing jazz for a while and sip on your herbal drink.
*Question:
WHAT DO ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS AND PRODUCTS HAVE IN COMMON?
*ANSWER? ---
Find out by reading books by M. Miller
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LEARN ABOUT OTHER BLACK AUTHORS, POETS, AND WRITERS...
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Melvia Miller is listed with other famous authors at Miami Dade College writer's project:
*To see her listing, go to that page and scroll down to row #26*
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MELVIA MILLER interviewed on radio--
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The show is approx. 35 min. long.
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People around the world have watched the ELECTION CAMPAIGNS in the U.S. A. with great interest… Most people in other countries do not like the Bush Administration and can hardly wait to see it go. A survey showed that 85% of the people in other countries would prefer to have Obama as President. People in Europe and other countries watched closely via YOUTUBE and other ways... particularly to see if most Americans would overcome their history of racism and elect a Black President.
Most of the silly attacks came from right-wing political interests, such as -- Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter… (and some Ron Paul — New World Order fanatics and supporters) … and the usual suspects -- white people who cannot stomach the idea of a Black man becoming the President of the
Despite the ugly attacks, slander and lies that Republicans launched… some of the hard-core right-wingers and white racists had been spreading about Barack Obama – he remained ahead in most of the polls and drew voters from almost every group.
MILLIONS OF VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS TO CAST THEIR VOTES TO CHOOSE OUR FUTURE...
Would we become more responsible—would we choose hope over fear? Would we become more accountable about how we spend money — choosing to improve our schools, clean up corruption, stop the racial hatred, help our fellow-man, and protect the environment ? Or like the HOPI INDIANS had predicted…would we become the instruments of our own destruction because we will not live in harmony with what THE GREAT SPIRIT, our Earth and Nature demand ???
~ written by Melvia Miller
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