We Could Be King!

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We Could Be King is a documentary that tells a tale about a long history of a steadfast rivalry between two Philadelphia high schools.

 Unfortunately in 2013,  the School District of Philadelphia was forced to succumb to more  budget cuts,  and  among the  many schools affected was Germantown High School.  It was forced  to graduate its final class in June , and thus, coalescing into one institution with its archrival Martin Luther King High.

Needless to say, the media had a field day percolating tension between the two schools with unpleasant speculations of what was thought to be a perilous outcome.

The new Martin Luther King Promise Academy was then  fortunate to receive  talented and  sagacious  Coach Dunn and Principal William C. Wade. They joined  forces with spiritual leader , Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church,  and the outcome resulted in MLK Cougars 2013 Championship !

Although I am deeply dishearten by Michael Brown’s story and the many homogeneous cases like it around the country, I am inspired by We Could Be King, a beautiful example of brotherhood in the midst of turmoil.

The Ferguson decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting Michael Brown, compelled me to take to social media with a vengeance .

Now that we have taught our children how to protest, is it possible that we can help them redefine self-love?

Below you will witness the many pleas  poured out , attempting to no avail to evoke prominent figure heads from the Black community to help bring about real and concrete change for the sake of our children.

(The social media dialogues haven't been censored nor edited)

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Face Book

A. Is Anybody else Surprised about the Decision For Michael Brown- no different than Trayvon Martin, no different than Rodney King, No Different than Emmett Till and No Different than Kunta Kente-Wake up people, How will anyone take us Serious When We Kill Each Other Every Day, All Day?-Wake the F@&k Up!!!! ‪#‎IJS— feeling angry.

Face Book Post Response : 11/24/14 We can not be hypocrites...kill our own and then rebel when others do... Nobody listens because our love for each other appears superficial...very weak .

B.  Come Friday. ‪#‎BlackFriday. Don't buy nothing. Invest in your children. Invest in your family. Invest in your relationships. Sit with them and tell stories. And if you don't have stories then figure out how to create some. Play taboo. Support small businesses. Black Businesses in your communities. That's what you can do with your anger.

Face Book Post Reponse: 11/24/14, can our , the black community, prominent figures pull weight and call for nationwide town hall meetings to teach about the part of Martin's dream that deals with character. Can we define self love. Can we reaffirm our beliefs in ourselves... Whatever happened to Lift EVERY Voice and Sing...Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud! Right now we need Self Love

C. As we await the grand jury's decision, I want to take this opportunity to say thank you -- a deep, heart-wrenching thank you -- to all the organizers and activi...sts who took to the streets following Michael Brown's killing and who refused to stop marching, raising their voices, and crying out for justice. It is because of them -- their courage, boldness, vision and stamina -- that the world is paying attention to what is happening in a suburb called Ferguson. The world is not watching because an unarmed black man was killed by the police. That's not news. What made this police killing different was that the people in Ferguson -- particularly the young people -- rose up and said We Will Not Take It Any More. Our Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter. And their cry has been heard around the world. No matter what the grand jury does, let us remember that true justice will come only when our criminal injustice system is radically transformed: when we no longer have militarized police forces, wars on our communities, a school-to-prison pipeline, and police departments that shoot first and ask questions later. True justice will be rendered not when when a single "guilty" verdict is rendered in one man's case, but when the system as a whole has been found guilty and we, as a nation, have committed ourselves to repairing, as best we can, the immeasurable harm that has been done.

Face Book Post Response:Yes! When can we start the repairing process? ... Concrete ways as to how to love on one another after the protests end.

D. The best Defense is Offense!!! Our BEST WEAPON IS EDUCATION!!! Becoming familiar with the Laws that govern the States, District or Common Wealth in which we reside will give us POWER.... BEFORE THEY KILL A MAN...THEY MUST KILL HIS NAME!!! God told Abraham he would make his NAME GREAT!!! We have lost many who were known to us and many many whom we have never heard of.....THE REVALUATION IS COMING TO YOU LIVE on CNN as I post this...

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1.    Rev Jesse Jackson Sr‏@RevJJackson14h14 hours agoThe jury concluded that #DarrenWilson was justified in killing #MichaelBrown. I disagree. The POTUS must convene a WH conf on urban policy.

Robin Muldor‏@muldorrobin14h14 hours ago@RevJJackson @SenatorHughes Great idea, Rev. Can prominent figure heads in the black community call for nationwide town meetings? 8:02 PM - 24 Nov 2014

Robin Muldor‏@muldorrobin14h14 hours ago@RevJJackson @SenatorHughes their certain articles that should never lose its fervor...Lift Every Voice and Sing!!! 8:08 PM - 24 Nov 2014

Robin Muldor‏@muldorrobin14h14 hours ago@RevJJackson @SenatorHughes can we have demonstrations about self love? I think what love means needs to be define and then modeled8:05 PM - 24 Nov 2014

Robin Muldor‏@muldorrobin14h14 hours ago@RevJJackson @SenatorHughes @muldor For Pete Sake no For our children sake, let's reaffirm our love for one another...8:10 PM - 24 Nov 2014

Children are our precious Queens and Kings! There are many things and many ways in which we can teach children about overcoming adversities. 

Books:

• The Warmth of the Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
• Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
• White Socks Only by Robert Coles

Movies:

• We Could Be King a Tribeca Film released 11/11/14

Poems: by Langston Hughes

• Let America be America Again
• I, Too, Sing America
• A Dream Deferred