Heritage

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Fula, Balanta, Mende, Catawba...somewhere in Europe by way of Alabama...
Mulatto, light skinned, all the way down to the richest of color
My black is my black...Maxton, Marion, Dillon and Mullins

My great Aunt Mayzell and Aunt Judy sat on their hair. Uncle Ernest hair straight...Great-grandma Sicily, wavy loose curly...mustang black... touched with a sprinkle of Gray

Great-great-great-grandma Josephine, Uncle Julius and eight others...
descendants of Albert Williams, my great-great-great-great grandfather....
He considered himself black unlike, Aaron, his identical twin brother. First black teacher in Marion, or so indicates their research...self-sufficiency discovered

Ciff Lee, mothers father, only met him once in person but over 30 years
desired. 6 foot 4 gentle giant...so many questions unanswered...still yet, I
can't stomach to form the words to say that I ever blamed ya
James Buie Sr, the only one I knew as Granddad growing up, I salute you and
that rifle.RIP...lessons taught


My black is my black even though mixed with so many...when I
look at my reflection, I wish not to be lighter. Forget that paper bag
test, you are made exactly how God designed ya

Melanin is my beauty my ancestors` dream. Cut the TV off...
throw the magazines in the trash...don't conform to anyone else` vision
My heritage...I come from a line of greatness: Kings and Queens...
I am so in love with my black ~


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