Into A Black Beyond Vol. I

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What Would I Tell the Children Who Aren’t Black Senyah Haynes

What Would I Tell the Children Who Aren’t Black Mind your own journey, your own struggles, or lack thereof And please don’t contribute to the struggles of my child What Would I Tell the Children Who Aren’t Black I know your mama and daddy love you But please trust and believe that not all of their words are wise And know that when they speak ill of my children Especially sight unseen It’s a safe bet that 100% of their words are lies What Would I Tell the Children Who Aren’t Black Different isn’t lesser than Just think, from where my children stand You’re very different too I would tell them that you are undoubtedly the future And you have a gleaming moment in the present to be Exquisitely unlike your history- Please, rise to the occasion What Would I Tell the Children Who Aren’t Black Just as you were spoon fed your own preciousness My babies are equally precious too So be the difference your ancestors dreaded And mine could only dream of

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Can I flex? Can I live? Glenance Green

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Immortality Dominicca Washington

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What Would I Tell the Children Who Aren’t Black

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The Creator Took His Time with You Kanoya Ali

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Check Please Santresa Harris

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I Am Me Caila Hall

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pages 54-55

Black is Not a Monolith Elizia Artis

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pages 52-53

Roseland” and “Through My Eyes” Djuana Florez

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pages 50-51

Complex Naimah Thomas

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I live in excess Johnny Page

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Inevitably Inevitable Santresa Harris

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blood money Kierra Wooden

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Let Us Be Great Djuana Florez

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pages 43-44

Ten Commandments Reimagined Glenance Green

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what the stimmy bought me Elizia Artis

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Shackles OFF Aisha Truss-Miller

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Writing in Racism Jauwan Hall

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Give Me Something Senyah Haynes

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Planned Obsolescence Kashif Johnson

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pages 24-26

America Goddam: Reimagined Naimah Thomas

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pages 30-34

Chicago Is Angry dr.moore

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pages 27-28

Define Our Own Freedom Dominicca Washington

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It’s Unforgivable Eugene Brown

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Indict America Jauwan Hall

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Ghost Stories Dimitri Hepburn

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Where Can I Go? Kierra Wooden

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Children are Precious Kanoya Ali

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Melanin March Naimah Thomas

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Nautical Joyride Aisha Truss-Miller

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Hard Histories Senyah Haynes

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To Know One’s History Glenance Green

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