Morphological Confetti

Protest in Washington, D.C. 1933 March 25, 1931 - Scottsboro Boys Before there was the Jena Six there was The Scottsboro Nine.  The Scottsboro Boys were nine young African Americans who were falsely charged with rape and collectively served more than 100 years in prison. This case would mobilize thousands of African Americans to speak out in protest, and the  rights of African Americans to serve on juries was established by their case.  Read More... Photo Source:   preservationnation.org Information Source: writing.upenn.edu and University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law Book on subject:

Enjoy the sun this weekend. Spring is finally here! Peace~

Supplication The rising sun warms me The moon cast shadows on the night But nothing in this world compares To Your Grace, Your Love -- my Guiding Light Lead me, Oh Lord Lead me to that Righteous Place Let Your Will be done -- not mine So that one day I might see Your Face Amen This poem is featured in my book, Liquid Lunch .  Now available on Amazon.com Note:   This is a repost from Aug 2008.

Reflection and Memory The day is cool and misty like memories I am uncertain about what lies ahead, but my sunshine is my faith in the Creator, and His  Promise of a Love Supreme Photo Source:   Dupont Circle Subway (Wash., D.C.) by S Bess

I wanted to love you the first moment I saw you. I watched. What did I notice about you first? It was your face or maybe your eyes. No, I saw you from behind so it was your head and the shape of your hips. *blush* I later learned that your hair was cut short out of respect and honor of Abambo (father) who had recently passed away in South Africa. You later mentioned that your head is shaped like his. “He is from Malawi,” you said with a smile. I smiled. It was the shape of your head that caused me to remember a moment in time. At the time, I did not know that you were from the Bantu people, but the shape of your head reminded me of the Khoisan of the Kalahari (Bushmen). They are your ancestors, but I didn’t know. Where have I seen a head like that? Yes! I remember now! I saw your head once when I was flipping through a book about the indigenous people of the Earth. There was a photo of a beautiful Khoisan woman, who was confident and young. She was surrounded by the people of her tri...