All Black Children
Things to know…
All Black children should know, Althea Gibson was a winner…
Bill Russell was a contender
Charles Drew was an inventor
Dr. King was in the center
Elaine Brown is a defender
Fredrick Douglass was not hindered
Grace Jones will be remembered and,
Harriet Tubman was a bender
It’s ALSO important to share, Ida B. Wells was a crime fighter…
James Edward Maceo West is an igniter
Kobe Bryant was an over-timer
Little Miss Flint is not just minor
Mae C. Jemison is a star glider
Nelson Mandela was a survivor
Octavia Butler was the writer and,
Patricia Bath removed the blinders
Quote me if you like, BUT Queen Latifah is a multitalented very extravagant Queen…
Robert Abbott would either laugh or cry at our papers and magazines
Sundiata Keita was an African prince, that fought to become a king
Tupac Shakur showed us with his actions he’d die for what he believed
Unquestionably, ALL Black children should know Usain Bolt was insanely fast…
Virgil Abloh invented swag
Wangari Maatha reclaimed the grass
X was loyal until he passed
Yusef Salaam refused to crash, and
Zora Neale Hurston would tell you herself, it’s important to know about your past…
About the Creator
Alexis Dean Jr.
Alexis “L.E.X” Dean Jr. is a clean Hip-Hop artist, poet, and educator from Milwaukee, WI. As a writer and music artist, he focuses on the importance of educating through his words and stories...
IG: @DreamsStartYoung
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100 Haikus
Okay, I will try to make this short, but I’m still learning… One of the most therapeutic experiences for me last year was writing haikus. So, I want to send a big thank you to Vocal for that random discovery! Often my life pushes me to speak in front of classrooms, sing in front of crowds, or express my feelings in half an hour or longer speeches. And, though I love what I do as a teacher, artist, and mentor it can still be exhausting reaching for thousands of words to say to others. Haikus have become an opportunity for me to pick a frame or moment, and try to capture that as precise as I can for myself. Still a challenge of finding what I want to say. But. Less words, and more focus on what I really feel and think. Not entirely just what I want others to feel and think.
By Alexis Dean Jr.4 months ago in Poets
Final Call
She flings her arms around my neck and squeezes me like she’s never going to let me go. My head spins as her lips brush against my cheek. She must be able to feel my heart thumping in my chest. I shuffle backwards and ram my hands into my coat pockets, watching her reach down and heave the rucksack across her shoulders.
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Comments (4)
This is fucking awesome. Chills I tell you.
OHHHH! This is so fly, as a black child...hahaha..me..child- anyway, this is so very wonderfully cool. So unique and well thought out. History from the letters of the alphabet. Snazzy indeed.
This is so great. I loved reading it:)
This is such a cool use of the abecedarian format! Was it hard to pick which names you were going to use?