“If we are wrong, God Almighty is wrong. If we are wrong, Jesus of Nazareth was merely a utopian dreamer that never came down to earth.” – Martin Luther King Jr., “MIA Mass Meeting” “My best thinking got me here.” … Continue reading In Order to Get Practical, We Need Utopian Thinking
It’s likely that we’ve all heard someone say something like, “We don’t have all these races. There’s only one race… the human race.” While that may, in essence, be true, American values and social norms have established structures that sort … Continue reading Yes, there is only one Race, the Human Race, but…
The year of my birth was cause for widespread celebration. There were huge outdoor parties in New York and large-scale fireworks that reached the moon. They partied like it was 1969! Because it was. The moon landing was televised. Woodstock … Continue reading Moonwalking on a Revolutionary Summer’s Dream
This month, the magazine’s founder, Kevin Robinson, shared lyrics from “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, a song by the late Gill-Scott Heron. After listening several times, I kept returning to the lyrics: The first change takes place in your … Continue reading I’ll Take the Red Pill Please: Shattering the Illusion
When many Americans remember the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s, they call to mind televised moments. The brutality of “Bloody Sunday” during the Selma protests. Dr. King standing in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial delivering his … Continue reading Wasn’t the Revolution Televised?
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gil Scott Heron’s era-defining anthem accomplishes two divergent feats at once, something specific and something universal. Specifically, like a dog digging for a bone in the backyard, Heron scratches the dirt of his immediate … Continue reading I AM: The Revolution
Kindness is the language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. African Proverb “Got milk?” is a catchy phrase from the popular “Got Milk?” campaign from the 1990s1. It’s a straightforward question that suggests that if you … Continue reading A Revolution of Kindness
In 1970, lyrical artist Gil Scott Heron recorded the timely classic “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” Heron was one of the poetic voices of the Civil Rights era, along with other literary greats like Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, James … Continue reading The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Optimistic,If things around you crumbleNo, you don’t have to stumble and fallKeep pushing on and don’t you look back, ohI know of storms and strife,I been around them all of life,Just think ahead and you’ll be inspired,To reach higher and … Continue reading Finding True North, Optimism In A World of Despair
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