As A Poet And Writer, I Deeply

In America, The Traditional Routes To Black Identity Have Hardly Been Normal. Suicide (disappearance By Imitation, Or Willed Extinction), Violence (hysterical Religiosity, Crime, Armed Revolt), And Exemplary Moral Courage; None Of These Is Normal.

But, Based On My Friendship With Evie As Young Mothers, I Started Going On Freedom Rides In 1966.

The Neglected Legacy Of The Sixties Is Just This: Unabashed Moral Certitude, And The Purity -- The Incredibly Outgoing Energy -- Of Righteous Rage.

I Am Not Wrong: Wrong Is Not My Name

Maybe The Purpose Of Being Here, Wherever We Are, Is To Increase The Durability And Occasions Of Love Among And Between Peoples.