SHERRY GAMBLE’S SMITH BROTHER TOLD A STORY ABOUT A BULLYING FAMILY ON THEIR BLOCK.
HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE AFRAID OF THIS FAMILY.
HE TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE WAS A FIGHTER. I LISTENED THROUGH MY TEARS AND HEARD WHAT HER LIFE EMBODIED, FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO LIVE, LOVE, MOVE AND DO THESE THINGS UNAFRAID.
SHE PUSHED HIM OUTSIDE WITH HER AND CHOSE THAT, TODAY IS THE DAY THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO RUN.
I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL SHE DID FOR THE CULTURE AND FUTURE, SHE LOOKED AT WHTIE INFERIROITY AND SAID WE NOT RUNNING TODAY.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THE CLIMATE OF AMERICA OF TODAY AND I KNOW SHE WAS LEADING US TO NO LONGER RUN.
I THOUGHT ABOUT BLACK WALLSTREET AND HOW THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FINDING OUT HISTORY AND THE STRENGTH OF THEIR PEOPLE AND SHE SAID, WE NOT RUNNING TODAY.
DR. KING SAID,” ONE DAY MY FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WILL LIVE IN A NATION WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN BUT THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER” AND SHE DECIDED THAT WE NOT RUNNING TODAY BECAUSE THE CONTENT OF OUR CHARACTER HAS NEVER BEEN HOW AND WHAT AMERICA PAINTED IT AS.
SHE LEAD US TO THE LIGHT AND SAID, WE NOT RUNNING BACK TO DARKNESS.
SHE LEAD US TO OUR RESILIENCE AND SAID, WE NOT ACTING WEAK.
SHE LEAD US TO OUR BRILLIANCE AND SAID, CAN’T AND DON’T KNOW IS NOT OUR CULTURE
SHE LEAD US TO WHERE WE HAVE ALWAYS NEEDED TO BE, 10cm.
SHE LEAD US TO THE BIRTHING ROOM OF OUR MIGHT, POWER, STRENGTH, TENACITY, BRILLIANCE, INTELLIGENCE AND SHE UNDERSTOOD THE POWER OF OUR UNITY AND SAID HER LAST MESSAGE, WE NOT RUNNING TODAY!
