You Shouldn't Bear Humiliations.

My Daddy Wanted Me To Be A Farmer; Feel The Smoothness Of Alabama Clay And Become One Of The First Blacks In My Town To Own Land. But, I Was Worried About My History Being Caked With That Southern Clay, And I Subscribed To A Different Kind Of Teaching And Learning In My Bones And In My Spirit.

You Look At The Pyramids. They're Not One Fraction Of An Inch Off In Terms Of Their Alignment. They Were Built Without A Bonding Agent.

The Acceptance Of The Facts Of African-american History And The African-american Historian As A Legitimate Part Of The Academic Community Did Not Come Easily. Slavery Ended And Left Its False Images Of Black People Intact.

I'm One Of The People Who Believes That Our Losses Were Greater Than Our Gains. Because Before The Civil Rights Movement We Had Entrepreneurship In The Black Community. Right Now, In Harlem, If I Wanted To Get A Shoe Repaired, I Would Have A Hard Time Finding A Black Shoe Repairman. On Near About Every Third Corner, You Could Find A Decent Black Barber, Decent Black Laundry, Had Restaurants In The Neighborhood That Were Open 24 Hours. The Food Was Good At 3 O'clock In The Morning As At 3 O'clock In The Afternoon.

History Is A Compass That You Locate Yourself On The Map Of Human Geography, Politically, Culturally, Financially.