TROUBLED BLACK MAN...

BLACK MAN,BLACK MAN! WHY ACT OTHER THAN WHO YOU ARE?...YOU'RE AN AFRICAN CHILD, THE EASTERN MORNING STAR. WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM MY BROTHER...HAVE WE NO LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER? LOST DURING THE STRUGGLE WITH NO POWER TO DEFINE...FREEDOM MEANT LIBERATION, BUT ONLY IN MIND. YES, I TOO FEEL YOUR PAIN...IT'S THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE WHILE BOUND IN CHAINS. IT WAS WATCHING OUR WOMEN FORCED AND SUJECTED TO MASSAHS WILL...THAT WE VOLUNTARILY JUMPED SHIP AND PRAYED TO BE KILLED. I REMEMBER WELL TOO...HOW SHARKS FOLLOWED THE BLOOD SPILLED BY ME AND YOU. IT'S A STRANGE LIFE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT...THE LIFE OF A SLAVE, SOLD AND BOUGHT. FORBIDDEN TO READ AND WRITE...BUT LAW UPHELD RAPE AND MURDER AS RIGHT. DON'T EVEN LOOK AT A WHITE WOMEN HE SAID...OR YOU'LL BECOME AN EXAMPLE OF THE LIVING DEAD. SO YES, I UNDERSTAND THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WE'VE FACED...WE PAID WITH SWEAT, TEARS AND BLOOD FOR FREEDOMS GRACE.