Junetenth Songs For Your Spirit
On June 19 ,1865 General Gordon Granger landed on the beaches of Galveston Island and liberated the enslaved Americans of Texas from their Texan captors . Ever since then we ,Americans , Black and white , Texans and others have rejoiced the last liberators of the American Civil War . Today in this Junetenth weekend of 2011 this blog celebrates some of the most inspirational human rights songs of the past 25 year era .
First We must Get up Stand up !
When we get up , we must keep moving on Up !
Wake Up everybody !
And when you up wake up , Remember Dream !
First We must Get up Stand up !
When we get up , we must keep moving on Up !
Wake Up everybody !
And when you up wake up , Remember Dream !
posted by EdGray4America.com at
6:22 PM
2 Comments:
Ed-
I know you blog did not touch on this, but I am going to use it for a minute to jump on my soap box. I am a firm believer in Edmund Burke famous quote, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." I think celebrations like ones being held yesterday across the state are important. However, I think many often confusing knowing your history with using your history has a crutch. Now, for context, I was born more than a century after slavery ended in the Lone Star State. I, like everyone else in Texas have never know a person to be in slaved in the physical sense. While our system is not perfect, the only thing standing in front of anyone's success in today's world is themselves. Far to often to we see young minorities fall into the same traps that plagued the past generation. Not because they have to, but because of an easy cop out.
Right On, Get Up Stand Up... Love it...
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