Did You Know A Child Is Orphaned

Im A Child Of The Civil Rights Movement.

Mother Earth Is In Pain And Ailing - Bglobal Warming. The World Is Dealing With Issues Of Immigration, Deindustrialization, And Poverty. When I Was Born, There Were 2.5 Billion People Living On The Whole Planet. Now There Are 2.5 Billion People Living On Less Than $2 A Day. That's The Kind Of Reality We Have To Deal With.

If We Look At Houston, Which Is A Very Environmentally Toxic Place, We Find That It Has One Of The Highest Levels Of Young Men Going To Prison And Also Among The Highest Levels Of Illiteracy In The Country.

Freedom Summer, The Massive Voter Education Project In Mississippi, Was 1964. I Graduated From High School In 1965. So Becoming Active Was Almost A Rite Of Passage.

President Obama Is A Man Who Had Certain Advantages Because Of The Civil Rights Movement. He Had The Opportunity To Go To Some Of The Best Schools In This Country - Schools That Train You How To Run The Political Paradigm, Not Challenge It. The Leaders Of The Black Power Movement Were Challenging That Paradigm.