NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Saturday, January 2, 2010

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Mr. Anthony Jenkins
My Beloved Friend Transitions
Sunrise: Sept. 13th, 1948
Sunset: December 2009
A Nubian Knight Resting His Arrows...

Anthony Jenkins (picture right)
At the 16th Annual KWANZAA Celebration
(December 29th, 2007) at The LGBT Center

I can't believe you're gone! I'll miss you!
And I'll Miss All Those Outfits You Wore At
Black Men's Xchange-New York (BMX-NY)
While Living Your LIFE AUTHENTICALLY!

YOU EXUDE A ROYALTY LIKE A
KING OF AFRICAN GREATNESS!!

REST YOUR ARROWS, NUBIAN KNIGHT!

PEACE BRUTHA!