Slavery at the Boarder
America, America — where is your conscience? As the great great great great great granddaughter of Newland, an African master carpenter kidnapped from Western Africa and brought to the US to build colonial infrastructure, I am the monument to the hate that America was built upon. I am my ancestors — the blood, sweat and tears that have flowed into America, the land that I love. I have carried this weight with me all of my life. One of the heaviest weights for me is trying to
Slavery at the Border-The Cure for Black Trauma is Justice
America, America — where is your conscience? As the great great great great great granddaughter of Newland, an African master carpenter kidnapped from Western Africa and brought to the US to build colonial infrastructure, I am the monument to the hate that America was built upon. I am my ancestors — the blood, sweat and tears that have flowed into America, the land that I love. I have carried this weight with me all of my life. One of the heaviest weights for me is trying to
