The Streets of Harlem

Apparently this has been making the rounds and has several antecedents, for example Jesse Jackson used some of the language at Rosa Parks' funeral.  One of my colleagues told me today that it showed up several weeks ago as a text message on his cell.

But the man in the middle of this interview delivers the lines with perfect pitch and rythym.  Let me know what you think.  (Click on the title of this post.)

I am Not a Poet

Frederick Douglass is quoted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  as saying that times like the last two days require poetry not prose.  I am not a poet, but familiar only with prose.  Therefore I share a link for your reflection on history.

One Historical Night

Funny.  In the last eight years almost everything I have given my life to has been reversed.

Now, with one historical night, hope returns.