“The culture ofAfrican Americansis predicated on a fierce faith – faith in a higher power and a kind of militantoptimismthat their efforts could rescue American democracy from white supremacy.”
Following the Civil War, Memphis' Beale Street thrived as a cauldron of sex & song, violence & passion, but emerged as a center of black progress, optimism & culture led by prestigious African Americans like Ida B. Wells. Go deep in history Aug 15. https://t.co/agKw0kPnsZpic.twitter.com/QsWwRGiAmj
As much as I love the development of new civil rights lawyers, I am so heartened to see young conscious African Americans becoming doulas, focusing on food security, farming, marine environmental work, land loss, and artistic expression fills me with joy and optimism. https://t.co/4S4XHPic4b