African Opinion - Freedom Archives

FOR THE SAKE O~F THOSE THAT COME
(Issued b,y Afro~A1~I Alliance)
We, this generation of Black men
and Black women, people of African
descent, are responsible for the greatest
awakening of oer people to reclaim
what is theirs . Sleeping minds
are being refreshed and brought to
life by the impact of new found
drops of "Wisdom" .
Knowledge with her piercing dagger
has opened the way and is revealing
a treasure house of ancient
wisdom, and self esteem that goes
back to the very emotion of Man.
~~'isdom is the application of one's
knowledge . 1Ve mast again make our
bid at mastering and using the experience
of oer longhidden past.
A man withoet a past, to gmide
his future is like an arrow shot into
the sky, an a dark stormy night, and
where it will come to rest the archer
could dare not say . But one single
arrow flown by the well trained
archer can indeed hit the mark .
We have begun to use the potent
tool of our self knowledge and by
using this we shall be made wise in
the ways of overcoming our plight .
Each Blaclc man and each Black
woman whose eyes shall open from
dumper shall indeed be an arrow in
the struggle of am fighting leaders ;
an arrow ready to fly sure and tree
to the mark . So let us hall dear to
our ancient history and grow wiser
through its knowledge.
If those who pity themselves would
ceaso and apply what oppression has
taught ns, and perceive what good
results will come from self efforts,
we would learn great truths about
our inner selves that has been hidden
for so long .
It is heart-warming to realize that
we are Black and being Black is
Beautiful . We know that, with the
price of many Black bodies, we have
been able to service a cruel and mast
vicious system of Dehumanization .
But we have survived and those of
us that are committed to this strut
gle need to be remindful of this fact .
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The struggling Blaclc youth of to-
day cr~~ out for universal freedom
and individual expression. We need
our souls tar reach otzt to God, not
the God that this system has trampled
into the mud, not the God that
we castrate each Sunday nor the God
we mock with the other six days of
the. week.
No~ ! we need the companionship
of the Gad of our fathers, the Gad
that gave our people the breath of
life and with that their Beautifnlness
. We need to allow our souls to
touch the God that is within es. We
plead far the unfolding of the God
strength and wisdom that has been
kept from am soul eyes .
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VISION FOR AFRICA, Inc.
and i+s Presiden+, Rev. P . L . Drier, D.D .
Wish +o Greet Africans Everywhere
ON AFRICA DAY, MAY 25+h
There is a generation hchind ns
that may look epon our weaknesa
with wise understanding, and epon
our self-pity as ignorance. The generation
that is now bedding may not
compromise with our lacking . They
will far no price compromise their
dignity, their liberty, their religion,
or their luzmaness for the few pieces
of gold that we accept daily .
It is am responsibility to spearhead
the way for those that will take
the taw from our hand and brio'
our long struggles to a conclusion .
So let us strive on and on and
willfully never compromise our ancient
culture.
And +o inform everyone +hat we are nearing the time when every man
shall turn +o his own people and flee everyone into his own land .
(According +o Isaiah-13+h Chapter, 14+h Verse)
The Presiden+ of Vision for Africa, is planning his third +rip +o
Africa in July, 1969 wi+h his dough+er, Joan, a graduate of +he
Universi+y of Buffalo and Wilberforce with a B .S . and M.A . degrees,
and his son .
Further informa+ion, phone 212 EN 9-I 178
Per . Roy Brown
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