Dan'yi - Phi Beta Sigma / Ruff Ryders

...My future Wifey (now, to just convince Sade...)
Carrying on a proud tradition...
(Below) Sergeant C.W. Carney, first Black Medal of Honor recipient
An epitaph to the combat saga of black troops in the Civil War; one of many battles dating back to 1775 in a never-ending war to win our equality...
Ah, they rallied to the standard
to uphold it by their might;
None were stronger in the labors,
None were braver in the fight.
From the blazing breach of Wagner
To the plains of Olustee,
They were foremost in the fight
Of the battles of the free.
And at Pillow! God have mercy
On the deeds commited there,
And the souls of those poor victims
Sent to Thee without a prayer.
Let the fullness of Thy pity
O..er the hot wrought spirits sway
Of the gallant colored soldiers
Who fell fighting on that day!
Yes, the Blacks enjoy their freedom,
And they won it dearly, too;
For the life blood of their thousands
Did the southern fields bedew.
In the darkness of their bondage,
In the depths of slavery's night,
Their muskets flashed the dawning,
And they fought their way to light.
~Paul Lawrence Dunbar,1896