Jamal

Music:

Negro National Anthem: "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the presents brought us; Facing the rising sun of a new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet. Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered; Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last. Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our heart, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land.///////////////////////By: James Weldon Johnson

Movies:

This is an excerpt from a Nelson Mandela speech used in the movie "Coach Carter" A young man was asked What is your DEEPEST fear son and he answered: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyound measure. It is not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world, there is nothing enlightened about srinking, so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were all ment to shine as children do. Its not just in some of us it is in everyone. And as we let our light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same, as we are liberated from our own fear. Our presence automatically liberates others./////// This is a very powerful speech if you can search it and listen to it entirely it will change your day. ///// PEACE JAMAL

Books:

Heroes:

All those who were willing not to be popular and stand up for the injustices of this world!