This inspiration, Father to Son, flows out in the context of a people’s centuries-old imposed and learned self-rejection, and an ancient, enduring determination to Love ourselves, purposefully, no matter. It is a Love letter for anyone who truly cares for the healing and wholeness of all. Written and originally recited as part of a keynote for the Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Services Eighth Annual African American Advisory Council Statewide Conference, in Chicago, Illinois, April 14, 2000. The conference theme that year was a celebration and honoring of African American males, and a call to our collective and personal responsibility. I was honored to deliver my keynote as a last-minute replacement for the poet Nikki Giovanni, she whose spirit in words first broke open poetry in me.
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