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HONORABLE MENTION
Tell Me More
by Rhonda C. Reed of New Orleans, LA
Tell me more about the scandalous journey from Africa to the New World.
Tell me more about those slaves who were ripped from their land, their pearl.
Tell me more about the bombings, lynchings, and burnings.
Tell me more about those white-only places, the sit-ins, and the civil rights meetings.
Tell me more about those African-Americans that bled mentally, spiritually, physically,
and emotionally for their rights.
Tell me more about those African-Americans who fought the battle, unwilling to give up
the fight.
Tell me more about the African Experience, for it is vitally important to me...For I am an
African-American and the African Experience is the fiber of my being.
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