Day 28 - Mountain Top Speech
A rose in a flower pot
There were so many quotes at the mountain top
Preached a ton of hope with a lot of a shock
So many of em broke with no otter box
April 3rd down in Tennessee
Memphis sanitation strike, preaching with energy
What made it so palpable he died the next day
But he spoke about it in the speech the best way
Cause he seen the mountain top
And looked over it
Speaking to a crowded flock
Spiritual focusing
Visions of a promise land
Hoping they noticed it
Coulda been a prophet man
Predicted condolences
All for equal rights of men handling trash
He had a dream and he knew that his stature would last
For 28 days I had to capture the past
And end it with a powerful speech that he aint draft
All labor has dignity
And for those workers he died preaching it willingly
Its no mystery the timbre in his voice and delivery
Allowed for him to be the pinnacle of Black History.
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Day 27 - Carter Woodson, Creator of Black History Month

The receiver of brash talk for decades,
“Why we gotta get the shortest month?”
Is the catchphrase for people's disdain,
Not knowing if they climbed cypress,
He’ll show you why it was in his membrane.
It's insane, Carter Woodson devoted drive,
Quoted lines on how blacks were being told they weren’t bonafide
To be added to history with other noted guys.
He mobilized, a week within Fred Douglas birthday
To coincide with what was known inside of his noble pride.
That Blacks needed their own significant poignant vibe...
February just so happened to be that focused time.
We complain and say our histories every day!
I agree, even when I see decay on display in petty ways.
Clearly Wayne’s descendent via The Carter III,
Would cosign Carter G, the founder and the father of the 28-day modern glee.
Who would have possibly advocated for our plea, hourly?
I’d doubt if we’d come together and collectively create a proper piece.
So let's enjoy in honor of Mr. Woodson. RIP.
Day 26 - Black Inventors
Ok
Fredrick M Jones made the unit for the AC
And the thermostat control lever, both are great feats
George T Grant made the Golf Tee
Charles B Brooks had to make a street sweeper for the concrete
The Ice Cream Scoop was by Alfred L Cralle
Lewis Latimer made the electric lamp bulb
Samuel R Scottron made the curtain rod
Osbourn Dorsey made the door stop and doorknob
Ha… a guy named Dorsey making door stuff
Hand stamp and the fountain pen, Walter Purvis
Robert Fleming Jr actually made the guitar
So when you say rock n roll was stolen I believe it all
Clothes wrinkled? Sarah Boone made the ironing board
John Smith created a sprinkler for the lawn
Pencil sharpener by another john last name love
Lydia Newman decided to invent the hairbrush
Matthew A Cherry Made the Tricycle
Who invented the mop? Thomas Stewarts liable
The key chain? Fredrick J Loudin made it viable
John White made a lemon squeezer, that was nice of dude
Hope I inspired you cause its many more
60 seconds aint enough it was surely plenty more
Happy Black Bistory month


Day 25 - Guion Bluford

Guy Bluford the very first black man into space
Defying odds saying it can't happen with race
Aerospace engineer with mathematical grace
Let's backtrack while I paint
A beautiful picture to deliver on how a genius can have an embrace
By an institution moving with flashbacks full of hate
Air force pilot with mileage, flight commander
Provided answers to questions with an insightful candor
Then selected by NASA, as a technical master
Shuttle system reactors turn to missions he factored
Went 4 times, logged 28 days
He was inducted in the astronaut hall of fame
To him it was all the same, when they called his name
There was a quote formed his in brain he wanted to say
I appreciate the blue world we all on
In the large universe its a small ball
Fragile and beautiful but home is long gone
When you in a spacecraft and see it from farther off
He set a standard, for black Americans on the planet
To fly into space and be proud of whats established
Happy Black History month
Day 24 - Nat Turner
Nat Turner wasn't a token slave
He incited and then lead a revolted raid
Read the bible and educated could quote for days
So enraged
Homicidal from broken chains
So engaged
Prophetic and spoke for days
The Moses of his age, proud relic with golden sage
Unapologetic, exalted and overpraised
Put out a message, whites would go in an open grave
75 men was in line like rollerblades
To shoulder pain
Of white ethics that bolstered pain
Federal troops man hunted the growing fame
Incredible roots, black justice was mostly gained
Surrendered en route, the mass public hoped to hang
10 days of deliberation the goat was slain
But the effects of his legacy grown in ways
Past just killing masters of people with souls ingrained
John Brown's raid came after on motorways
Which lead to the civil war, nat turner was dope and brave
He should have a sculpture made for his efforts to cure slavery within the vulture plains
Of America
Happy Black History month


Day 23 - Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks
Master of the photo arts
Lived in the Minnesota parts, over sharp
Took pictures of Joe Louis devoted heart
American gothic recreated with stoic spark
Shot the airmen of Tuskegee, with a lethal style
Vogue hired em to photograph evening gowns
Even though segregation didn't want people brown
To be around, his stuff was too good to leave him out
Worked for life magazine capturing many peers
A multitude of time capsules for 20 years
He wrote about 6 books, that were godly good
The first black major director in Hollywood
First learning tree, then shaft
He started blaxploitation, he blessed jazz
Piano player and composer of orchestra strings
Created a ballet in 89 for martin king
Oil painter he did all things he could do
Living history for capturing black people's view
A living dream come true
Happy Black History month
Day 22 - The Harlem Renaissance
About 2 miles from the bottom of the Bronx
In the 1920’s was the Harlem renaissance
They had literature, fashion, theater, debutantes
Music & dance, plus African centered art
The new negro movement was a safe vibration
Built from Jim Crow and the great migration
Groups settling, in new york, true excellence
Music ran by Duke Ellington, cool melanin
Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes penning and
Having our views evident, tryna remove prejudice
Jazz & big band were grand exuded elegance
Fashion had us in clean places smooth etiquette
Cloche hats, Josephine Baker, was too delicate
coat racks, had pristine flavor, renewed decadence
Chesterfield jackets, zoot suits, was prevalent
Religion took form from old and new testaments
Pan-Africanism, black pride articulated
They created a cosmopolitan of sophistication
New identity in the social conscious
Expanding the outlook for us was so symbolic
Know ya knowledge our ancestors was dope
Happy Black History Month, accept the growth


Day 21 - Malcolm X

Detroit Red, my name was Detroit Red
John Membry said little that names coined dead
Quit smoking, refused pork, consumed thoughts
Left prison went to Chicago and then new york
X was my new name
Honorable Elijah Muhammed gave me a few thangs
Nation of Islam had to start me a few chains
Boston & Philly but Harlem was where I grew fame
Met betty and I knew she would become my true flame
Proposed on the phone she said yes… hooray
Flew home quickly, we got married in 2 days
Our first daughter Atallah's born, its a new day
Backtrack Hinton Johnson, weary victim
A witness had alerted me cops severely whipped em
Showed up to the station with hundreds of strong gentlemen
Beat em so bad he suffered subdural hemorrhaging
Got em treated, tried to bail em out they said no
Left the station, hand movement like I said go
4,000 left in silence as we came
Now the police knew about me and my name
Malcolm
Day 20 - Mansa Musa
Mansa Musa
Financially vast black man African ruler
Gold traveled in packs he was an actual commuter
Ruler of Gambia, active passionate jeweler
Hajj practicing spoke in Arabic as he maneuvered
According to manuscripts before tablet computers
He explored the atlantic then power was transferring to him
Crowned as Mansa, philanthropist lavish consumer
He handed out packages to straggling viewers
Captured pursuers
Built a palace that was grandiose and advance for the future
14th century graduate with accolades through the
Roof
Proof he was dazzling with his handling of rumors
King of Mali and his staff was practically super
Half of em newer, coulda been rich handsomely sooner
History factually has em as the richest man passively too huh
Yes they do
The wealthiest man ever and every academic faculty proved it
That is the truest
Tell Jeff Bezos we ruled the amazon before he actually knew it
Happy Black History Month


Day 19 - Thriller

Whats off the wall?
Is quincy jones and MJ back to recording songs
Rolling stone aint want em on the cover at all
Fire fueled
Created 30 songs but 9 were used
Its time to move
To a higher view
7 of em were top 10’s
Disco was dying he refused to be boxed in
Thriller had Vincent Price doing a tune for em
Motown 25 debuted moonwalking
MTV was racially profiling
Jackson made movies outta videos show stopping
32 million records sold by 84
Won 8 grammys met the president on a tour
Billie jean, beat it, girl is mine with paul mccart
Pop icon musical Phenomenon
Regarded as the best album made by music critics
Mike was a zombie in thriller thats superstitious
People started fainting just from seeing em on a stage
Kids emulated all his moves, he garnered praise
White socks, white glove glittery on his hand
Sold 70 million worldwide he was the man
And still is…
Day 18 - Garrett Morgan
Garrett
Morgan
Inventor
Entrepreneuring
Born in
Kentucky
Dropped outta
School
To help with
The money
Fixed Sewing machines
Schematics
Invented
some things
That helped with
the magic
3 light signal
to help with the traffic
In 1923
He got him
a patent
Red light
Green light
1, 2
3
Red light,
you can’t
Run through
Free
Yellow
Yield
Slow ya
Speed
Green light
You can
Go through
Please
Hair
straightening
Cream
And
Comb
Yes
He made up
Both
Of those
whoa
A gas mask when you get exposed
To gases
and fire
That makes up
the smoke
He posed
As the sidekick
In roles
And hired
Some whites
To front like
They owned
The patents
And his stuff sold
The Fastest
Discriminated on
Tragic
RIP Garrett
Cant Thank you
enough
Happy
Black
History
Month


Day 17 - Karl Kani
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Brooklyn designer from Costa Rica
Made great looking attire for culture speakers
Crafted, everlasting, better fashion
Went to clubs in his fabric, men were asking
Can he replicate, what he demonstrate
So he took orders from his car, made em elevate
American dream
Can I do it?
Can I build an empire?
Can I prove it?
Can I be the ralph lauren of the rap movement?
Can I, Can I, Can I
His name was Carl, now the brands an ally
To hip hop
Whoa
Karl Kani
He manifested his name
By having a question proclaimed
Now baggy denim had a lane
Collaborated with the culture to give em fame
Started a trend that was insane
Integrate rap with fashion was ingrained
Pac was ambassador did a campaign
biggie rapped bout it, as well as wu tang
Pioneer giving his people the flyest gear
Black enterprise revered the company, by the year
96 they was the most successful black firm in the world with nothing but black people in the mix
What a grip
Happy Black History Month
Day 16 - Ali's Exile From Boxing
Cassius Clay passed away, Ali was born
A man who prayed and laughed away at evil formed
They asked em hey, the drafts today for vietnam
At their dismay, what he had to flatly say, was i aint even going
He was fined 10,000 and arrested
All them white men was wilden, he protested
Then boxing exiled em, out the profession
He prolly went to jail smiling, like this a blessing
Fbi started plotting on his connections
Surveillance and spying on him, to catch his messes
But the champion of justice according to Coretta
Was not phased at all at the recording or the pressure
Fortunately efforts
from the black people showed they were supportive of his message
Cordially respected
Historically affected
Took his passport the authorities showed immaturity, they reckless
Now his priorities domestic
Spoke at colleges
Funny how He’s praised now
But in the 70’s media was mocking em
Black people still believed in em, we were proud of em
1971 they overturned the conviction
Came back to boxing as the goat, what a depiction


Day 15 -Eartha Kitt

The most exciting woman in the world
Neck full of pearls, heart full of gold, yes its the best of the girls
Born outta rape, father white, all outta place
Carolina, north was the state, Harlem's the place
That she moved to, spoke 4 languages and sang in 11
Santa Baby made her a legend, changed the perception
Of black queens that can act in a packed scene
That people watched on their fat screen
Rebel with a cause
was a group of kids tryna clean up what the ghetto couldn't solve
She was heavily involved
Got funding, had a non-profit out in Watts
Tryna help boys and girls that was starving on the blocks
Purrrrrr
Catwoman was a black woman
Purrrrr
That footage had every man looking
Purrrrrr
She made the First Lady cry
'Cause she told the truth about Vietnam at the time
Sending kids to a war to be shot then die
CIA had a dossier plot to provide
Tried to kill her career
Went to Asia and London
Came back here
To more fame triumphant
Broadway pillar that the world admits
Name flip in her will, she left the earth a kit
To follow
Happy Black History Month
Day 14 - Bass Reeves
Born slave
brought to the civil war, at his 24th age
Beat his slave master bad over a card game
Fled to the Cherokee's, learned their stark ways
Dark days
James Fagan was a marshall
Appointed Bass Reeves as a deputy, what a marvel
Stopping all Gestapo’s
Petty squabbles
The original lone ranger with heavy hollows
That's right, the lone ranger was made off of him
And of course due to race, they aint pay off his kin
Trained marksmen with rifles and revolvers
Famous wild wild west man collected robbers
3,000 captured he wore protective armor
Impressive detective and respected father
His son killed his own wife, had em arrested proper
Brung his own blood to justice off of reckless karma
Very ruthless
Killed 14 outlaws in different shootings
Belt and hat shot off but never wounded
Arkansas legend moving, texas proven
Veteran doing
His job
200 other deputies worked, none as hard
as Bass Reeves
Happy Black History Month
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Day 13 - L A Riots (Rodney King)
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Can't we all just get along
Famous words said by Rodney King he was strong
Jumped on camera for the world to see, what a scar
But now black men words are free from the bars
They told us we were lying bout police… and their force
Now they see a black man getting beat… in his skull
So its no justice no peace… forget the law
We gotta take our anger to the streets… burn it all
4 cops acquitted and released… what a fraud
12 Jurors said not guilty… and set it off
None of them black, obviously… thats for sure
Death toll reached 63… for the morgue
We looted our hood angrily, 1 billion lost
Daryl Gates, the police chief, was a dog
16 years of causing beef with his charge
Of targeting blacks… so unique… here’s a thought
Don't flood communities with the means to be a boss
Then try to arrest us for the things you gave to score
Sad day in black history… what a loss
RIP to those lost
Thank you
Day 12 - Ben Carson Twins
Ben Carson was a Detroit kid
With a temper, that was poison
Graduated from John Hopkins
As a neurosurgeon, he’s appointed
As director so he’s hoisted
In the air for epilepsy and disorders
Plus craniosynostosis
But what made him really boisterous
he separated conjoined twins
Wow
So joyous
Black man did the surgery
Cat scans were an urgency
That plan with diversity
Had em fast-tracked universally
First of his kind
Plus he did it like 4 other times
Now the children who growing up might
Look at what he did to know that the grind
To be a surgeon in a moment of time
Can happen if you really focus your mind
Black surgeon who totally shined
Removing tumors that were over a spine
Lotta miracles, open your eyes
Set a blueprint for other guys
And women who wanted to try
He eventually quit as a doctor
Wrote literature ill as proctor
Then eventually ran for president
Black history shout to this gentleman
Thank you


Day 11 - Vanessa Williams

It seems being black is a felony for race
I'm about to break down for you jealousy and hate
Vanessa Williams, we know her as a singer and an actress
But in 1983 she was in competing in a pageant
she was crowned, yes Miss America was black
The very first one so incredible in fact
When she went on press tours, it was heavy to attract
All her people so emotional to tell her what she meant, they were attached
But everybody didn't share the sentiment
Beauty in America should not have melanin
She got death threats just from being crowned winner
Hate mail telling her she’s just a brown nigger
Damn
She had to resign cause of nudes
That she took before the pageant, in her eyes it was rude
And it was, violated due to being gorgeous
Defeating countless counterparts proved to be distorted
Ooh these people lawless
Penthouse magazine had her nudity exalted
She fled to obscurity then movies started calling
Became a famous singer now her beauty isn't haunted
It truly is supported
Happy Black History Month
Day 10 - Inventions
3 years after 1884
Alex Miles made automatic elevator doors
People rode lifts to get to their designated floor
Sometimes they’d forget and have a devastating fall
So while the operator or the passenger in motion
Whoever rode it had to sadly manually close it
And So many accidents approaching
Alexander noticed
He created then patented components
On the shaft that was open,
he improved on the mechanism used, with a flexible belt that was attached to the motor
Of the elevator cage
and he had drums positioned to indicate the raise
He invented what was made
cause his daughter almost fell trying to step into the space
Coincidentally her name was Grace
Now OutKast has a reason to celebrate
with me and you
Alexander Miles was also a barber
So not only did he raise you up, he cut your hair sharper
Inducted in the hall of fame in 2007
He took an elevator ride to heaven
Happy Black History Month


Day 9 - Assata Shakur

Member of the Black Panther Party
Coordinated clinics and community outreach
Then joined the Black Liberations killing drug dealers
Planting bombs, Holding up banks of the government
Assata was alleged in the murder of a cop
She got pulled over in new jersey for a stop
A gunfight started, now what worries me a lot
Are the details of the shooting, they were burying the plot
Anyway, she got arrested and sentenced, shown like a villian
Vulnerable living, mistreated while thrown in the system
Getting beat, no privacy, totally wicked
But whats dope about this is, she broke outta prison
And whoaaaaa did that make the troopers mad
First black woman on the fbi list, super trash
As much as we been oppressed, their anger was super sad
Then they had a stupid spazz when she saluted the cuban flag
Bounty went to 2 million, they was spending commuters cash
On something their ancestors did regularly to our past
Still alive and free, coolest of black spirits
The embodiment of truth in my beautiful rap lyrics
Happy Black History Month
Day 8 - Tuskegee Airmen
Being fly’s a pastime that we like to claim
But imagine being fly in a fighter plane
The Tuskegee airmen were a pilot gang
That had a motto that was coined a spit fire phrase
i proclaim, countries fled when the squadron came
Deploying overseas to italy bombing thangs
Common slang were the red tails, why the name?
They painted rudders and propellers to define the change
Since they segregated might as well show pride and praise
To the fellow soldiers who were black inside the cage
Across america, they hated on the right to aim
Firearms in the army if you werent a lighter shade
Higher grade of intellect let these flyers train
Glad they did it or america’s inside the grave
Air medals, purple hearts, silver stars all of them wore it just like a chain
Escape death narrow as a biker lane
Combat missions destroying trucks, boats, rider trains
Even saving people with racial inspired rage
To every soldier back then, thanks for the grind you paved
It took 60 years for George Bush to let you acquire fame
The states that are united’s lame
Happy Black History Month
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Day 7 - BET

Black Entertainment Television, what a concept
When TV stations had nothing but Johnny Carson
And Dolly Parton… a man named Robert Johnson
Had dreams to make Hollywood shuffle like Robert Townsend
He had 15,000 dollars, for the growth
They only had music videos to promote
Sitcom reruns while MTV was a joke
That station ran limited vids for colored folk
Then in 88, BET news with Ed Gordon
Can't forget Donny Simpson his essence was real important
Video soul, gave us a presence when they ignored us
They was the first controlled black television company on the market
Now put stock in that
Teen summit was popping for a lot a cats
Rap City, Joe Clair, Big Lez, I was watching that
What about Comic View, they promoted lots of acts
Did a joint venture was Starz, please believe me
It was like Ebony magazine inside my TV
Black-owned until 2001, despite your feelings
Of what it turned to… you can't deny it inspired millions
Happy Black History Month
Day 6 - Aretha Franklin
Her name was Aretha
Came in the game as a singer
Then she was labeled a Diva
One of my favorite leaders
She gave us Respect
Natural Woman she sang it the best
Activist putting her name on the set
And there's actual footage, she stayed to protest
Using her voice
Singing and standing is truly a choice
Amazing grace she was proving a point
Born in Memphis but she moved to Detroit
Ay Aretha you the dopest tho
Thank you Jesus for her vocal tone
Many people didn't know it tho
She was the greatest singer outta Rolling Rtone
Feminist
With agendas that didn't use sexiness
Got the credit and viewed by the president
Medal of freedom congressional excellence
Hall of famer, performing bangers
Gospel artist for her Lord & savior
Diabetic while recording flava
Freeway of love check the alternator
Of the Cadillac and its pink
Can you imagine that, what yaaa think?
Soundtrack for our civil rights
Touched millions and she did it right
Now she singing up in Heaven Light
We miss you


Day 5 - Tulsa

When people speak about Tulsa Oklahoma
They only bring up the massacre within the moment
Everything before 1921, June 1st
Ima break down Black Wall Street and all its perks
Greenwood… a town that was built after slavery
8500 acres was granted and from that vacancy
Black people did not settle for complacency
Homes, schools, churches and a hospital
hotels, pool hall, even movie houses too
Barber shops, jewelers couple restaurants for food
Doctors, dentists, Lawyers, sounds impossible
The Dreamland theater was showing motion flicks
Bell & Little cafe food was so legit
They had tailors if your clothing ripped
Buck Colbert was an attorney who operated out of an open tent
JB Stratford had a hotel and when he opened it
It was the best space for blacks in America on a trip
They boasted new cars, new clothes, new bars, New homes
I don't honor the massacre, I honor the true gold
Happy Black History Month
Day 4 - Motown

Motowwwwn
Mixing pop records with the soul sounnnnndddd
Berry Gordy brung the world Detroit styleeee
Let's dive into the profile
He met Smokey Robinson
Put out records for the brown-skinned metropolitan
Four tops, Marvin Gaye, Miracles and Marvelettes
Jackson 5, girl group with Diana Ross and them
Blind piano player and singer he was fortunate
110 top 10 hits, he had all of them
Moved the company to LA to get more of em
Made a movie imprint, Berry was going corporate
Passionate with the lens
Black Classics
We got Last Dragon & then The Wiz
Billie Holiday biopic, factor that in
They had an acronym for producers to make the music
The KISS principle meant Keep It Simple Stupid
2648 West Grand Boulevard
Thats the headquarters for when they were cooking songs
A black landmark in a city where people looked for jobs fixing under the hood of cars
They found Michael Jackson, marketed Whats Going On
Soundtrack for every season
They the reason that the weekends were delegated to cleaning
Every mother had the radio singing because we need it
In our hearts
Black History Month
Thank you

Day 3 - The Invincible Man by Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison
Wrote it in 5 years
First African American to win the national book award
Nameless narrator
Seen as invisible
Educated caretaker
Of the dreams that he living through
Ghostwritten by Ralph Ellison
Proud gentleman
With a low profile regimen
But his style genuine
Breaking down the melanin not seen by loud specimen
And 70 years later it’s now evident
How prejudice was the 50’s when this was written
It took em 5 years for the fiction to be exquisite
A no name 40 year old black man with a mission
Reminiscing bout his life Having flashbacks and visions
Bout how blacks progress by seeing whites as superior
Create the mind as inferior inside his interior
Perspective
He travels and experiences jealousy and hurt
Which leads to him questioning his identity and worth
He’s overlooked and not seen
The parallel is Ralph Ellison’s the first black person to win the national book award for fiction with a plot theme
Barriers broken, one of the greatest novels I'm happily quoting
Asking do we exist if the world doesn’t actually notice
Us and our blackness
Happy Black History Month
Day 2 - The Desegregation of the US Army
In 1948 they aint believe in us
Then after world war 2 president truman needed us
Civil war, world war 1, straight deceiving us
How we fight together abroad and at home mistreating us
Issac Woodard 1946 was beat and cuffed
In an army uniform, discharged complete disgust
Black soldiers fought, bleed for us,
had families to leave for us
Generals of the units wanted to keep us stuck
Air force was the first to receive my black peoples trust
Army still hating, touted and shrouded with evil lust
I seen enough
The marines was tough, grew to 17,000 increasing much
Then the army finally briefed with us, seen a flux
Of black men who wanted to mean as much as the white man policing us
Saving the relative in a battalion where they creep in dust
And back home they cousin refusing to even eat with us
Thank you to the patriots, not talking new england bruv
But that desegregation of the army wasnt seemless and yet it was convenient to those creating this theme for us


Day 1 - Chadwick Boseman

Wakanda warrior
Poetic somber orator
Euphoria
seeing him play larger than life people was an honor for domestic brothers and harbored foreigners
CB
His name rings bells in Howard corridors
Juxtaposed our favorite colored folks
Musicians and politicians, scripted to muster growth
Commissioned his love for depicting, visioning something dope
Theater trained, cultural hero framed, you hear his name
And share the praise, but felt right at home with zero fame
Playing icons in the living and leaving as one
Tears shed for the history and achievements he brung
Taylor made love with Taylor, unbelievably numb
My condolences to the philanthropic
The blueprinted manuscript for his extravagance
We miss you…
And wish you would lay in the space of resurrection like T’challa issue
The proudest symbol
21 bridges need to be erected to create a path from heaven to our presence
Black History Month is starting with your essence
Rest in Peace