There are fewer people alive today who lived through the civil rights movement and know first hand about the struggle to be treated as equal in America, about the struggle to be noted for a creative thought and contribution to the growth of America, about the struggle to create a different path to prosperity other than singing and dancing or being a jokester, about the struggle to wear hairstyles in a natural state and be accepted, and on and on....
Today's youth doesn't have a clue about the importance of struggle, unity, and community. Nor do they understand their role in making the world a better place. Black Americans born before the 1960's rise up and tell the stories of your life experiences and of the heroes who struggled to make #CHANGE happen for you. The younger generation must learn that it didn't start with Michael, Oprah, and Barack.
"WE REMEMBER WHEN" Join my Blog and write your
"I Remember When" story. Let's give the world historians an open diary and give our youth an appreciation for what struggle really is. As they won't get that from the classroom, it is our social responsibility!
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