TUPAC SHAKUR’S MOTHER, AFENI SHAKUR, DIES AT AGE 69
TUPAC SHAKUR MOTHER, AFENI SHAKUR DIES AT AGE 69
Tupac Shakur’s mother, Afeni Shakur, dies at age 69. She was an American music businesswoman, philanthropist, political activist and Black Panther member.
Afeni Shakur Davis, mother of late rap legend Tupac Shakur who was the subject of one of his most iconic songs and who oversaw his posthumous legacy, has died. She was 69 years old.
Marin County deputies responded to Shakur’s home in Sausalito, Calif., Monday night after she suffered a possible cardiac arrest, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday morning. She was taken to a local hospital and died just before 10:30 p.m.
Shakur, born Alice Faye Williams, changed her name when she moved to New York City and joined the Black Panther movement. She and other party members were arrested in 1969 and charged with conspiracy to bomb multiple, busy city landmarks.
In May 1971, she was acquitted on all charges — and she gave birth to Tupac just one month later.
THE ORIGINAL STATUTE OF LIBERTY PRESENTED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE FRENCH WAS A BLACK WOMAN
The “Original” Statute of Liberty’s face pales in comparisons to her knock-off. It has been said that the “The ones who wins the war writes the history”. So who won the civil war? Well the French felt the black man’s contribution to the war was significant. If fact the French presented the United States the Statute of Liberty in 1884. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of France and the United States during the American Revolution. Yet, it represented much more to those individuals who proposed the gift. “Liberty” was a controversial idea in the 19th century one shroud in oppression and ignorance. To some people she represented an international symbol of liberty, justice, and democracy. But to others it suggested violence and revolution.
THE DEFACING OF THE SPHINX
Now if you have a problem with me referring to the current “Statute” as a “Knock-off” then you should be outraged that the current Statute of Liberty replaced the original statute in the 1800’s. But why do you think the U.S. Government felt the need to change the statutes structural appearance? And why was it necessary to change the ethnicity and methodology of the Statute of Liberty’s symbolism? This isn’t the first time in the history of civilization that the black man’s legacy has been altered. From deforming the Sphinx face to the speech delivered by Willie Lynch on the shores of the James River in 1712 the saga continues. For years Black women have been demoralized and made the subject of criticism regarding some of their physical attributes. Now botax cosmetics and plastic surgery has become a booming business. With every discovery of history you can find the deliberate attempt to misrepresent the man of color. Which leads us back to the topic a hand. Was the original statute presented to the United States by the French was in fact, “A BLACK WOMAN”?
CHAINS ON THE ANKLE OF THE ORIGINAL STATUTE OF LIBERTY
I don’t care what level of education you’ve been exposed to, the true facts about the Black man’s story up to this point HAS NOT been properly represented on any level…including slavery. Even the so-called “Black History Month” fails to truly demonstrate the intellect prowess and unconditional sacrifices of the man of color’s contribution to civilization. It is hard to believe that after my many years of schooling (secondary and post) the following facts about the Statue of Liberty were never taught. But Black man has absolutely no one to blame for the miseducation of the negro other than ourselves. We (as men) have to be more vigilant in the fight to educate our youth. Look at what length this country is willing to go through to distort the truth. Knowledge is power! I for one will continue to search for the answers no matter how long it takes. Until we start owing up to Americas true history things will not change.
Freedom is not standing still. A symbolic feature that people cannot see is the broken chain wrapped around the Statue’s feet. Protruding from the bottom of her robe, the broken chains symbolize her free forward movement, enlightening the world with her torch free from oppression and servitude.
Of course, there are those on the other side of the fence who discount the account as not being true and offered a report titled below. I am dedicated to offering information for enrichment advancement of race relations and if information can’t be CONCLUSIVELY proven, one way or the other you have to use reason to discern your truth. So be open minded and research the information and get back at me. You’ll be surprised at what you can find simply by reading. Somewhere between the words “lies” the truth! This is your man Maestro and I’m out!
THE BLACK STATUE OF LIBERTY RUMOR
An Inquiry into the History and Meaning of Bartholdi’s Liberté éclairant le Monde
FINAL REPORT
by
Rebecca M. Joseph, Ph.D.
with Brooke Rosenblatt and Carolyn Kinebrew
September 2000
Northeast Ethnography Program, Boston Support Office, National Park Service
For years they have violated the elementary principles of human dignity, using naive concepts and out dated applications of the 19th century . So far the revolution is no thing more than institutions made up of different schools of thoughts, by Black leaders yelling at whomever will stop long enough to get their point across . The media would have you think that I am some kinda right-winged activist , I didn’t walk 10 miles to school but I’m gonna tell this story the way I see fit .
I’m a strong Black man holding on to something more than a picket sign in the street or searching for a testimony or a catchy line in a speech. The estrangement of man from nature began with a test , which sent him in a pictorial decline in an attempt to hide his own nakedness . Early on we made light of man’s God given right to be free, so I baptized this message in terms of linguistic artistry. By approaching this problem of slave sustenance chronologically, we find that the Sphinx is the personified symbol of he riddle we seek.
These deprivations affecting the functioning capacity in my case, has left a deep impress ion upon the entire development of our race . Bu t this has to be our fight I can’t possibly bare the burden of being a prophet. Lonely nights I toss and turn saying to myself , tomorrow could be it . Then there are other nights I lie in bed not knowing what’s real or what’s fake and if by chance I’m in a dream, then tie both of my feet to a stake. I’ll seek beauty in my soul, far beyond the borders of this land and when there is nothing left to console me. I’ll find comfort in who I am.
First African American To Perform Open Heart Surgery
Daniel Hale Williams was born on January 18, 1856, as a boy Williams learned early on the struggles a black man faced here in America. After his father died Williams was sent to Baltimore, Maryland with family friends where he later became a shoe makers apprentice, but he knew that wasn’t his calling. After searching to find himself, he followed in his fathers footsteps and took up barbering. Finally after becoming an apprentice with Dr. Henry Palmer; a well respected surgeon in the field, who assisted him in his education. And ultimately helped Williams complete his training at Chicago’s Medical College.
During the 1800’s Williams was faced with discrimination and racism. He knew in order for him and people like him to pursue their dreams as a doctor in America something had to be done. So he opened the first inner racial hospital on the south side of Chicago and taught anatomy. In 1893 Daniel Hale Williams was forced to assist a Black man by the name of James Cornish, who suffered from a stab wound to his chest. He completed the procedure without the benefit of a blood transfusion or modern surgical procedures Williams saturated the man’s wound and thus became the first African American to perform an open heart surgery.
February is dedicated as Black History Month. The fact that February is the shortest month of the year is just another reason for us to continue in the fight and make every month Black History Month. Because my mind is the pendulum that stands between the passions of my dreams and facts and any time I’m awake this duality of consciousness seems to always bring me back.
STREET JUSTICE 