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ASSATA (2023)

ASSATA (2023)

By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

Every little girl
Should know her name,
From the bowels of
Repression and calamity she came.

Wrung poetic lyrics
Of love from raw pain,
From a system designed to break
She remained untamed.

Gave … Read the rest

WINNIE (2023)

WINNIE (2023)

By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

When I exalt the name Mandela,
I’m not invoking the fella.

Compared to her weight in gold,
Nelson couldn’t hold.

A single penny,
Yes, I’m speaking of Winnie.

The heart and guts of the … Read the rest

Reins of Freedumb

RACIST HOLLYWOOD (2023)

RACIST HOLLYWOOD (2023)

By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

We’ve forgotten that Hollywood began
By promoting the Ku Klux Klan.

Its first blockbuster presentation,
The film The Birth of a Nation.

That dehumanized Black men,
Portraying them as all having a plan.… Read the rest

LAW AND ORDER (2023)

LAW AND ORDER (2023)
 
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
 
The extermination,
Of the AmerIndian nations…
WAS LEGAL
 
The depopulation of Afrika,
Of millions hunted and captured…
WAS LEGAL
 
Making those captured people slaves,
From cradle to grave…
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MLK Jr.

MLK (2023)

MLK (2023)

By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

From the outset
a word about MLK,
He was NOT assassinated
by James Earl Ray.

If you investigate
you will find,
The King family won a lawsuit
back in ’99.

Where they sued Lloyd … Read the rest

Baby

LITTLE PEOPLE (2023)

LITTLE PEOPLE (2023)

By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

Eyes of wonder
taking everything in,
Breakfast dribbling
down your chin.

Tiny fingers grasp
everything in reach,
The world your classroom
eager to teach.

That smile of yours
had me duped,
You weren’t … Read the rest