Gwendolyn Brooks
“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.” The poet’s classic line reminds us it is our duty to tend to each other, to mind each other's business.
Nikki Giovanni
“Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can’t have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are given rotten peaches, we will make cobblers; if given scraps, we will make quilts; take away our drums, and we will clap our hands. We prove the human spirit will prevail. We will take what we have to make what we need. We need confidence in our knowledge of who we are.”
Right now is the perfect time for us to remember who we are and who we've always been. Our ancestors laid the foundation for liberation; we must pick up the torch and continue. We have everything we need in each other.
We must protect ourselves and our institutions by any means necessary. We also have to know this history and continue to share it with future generations. When we understand the enemy, we know what to look for, what to do, and how we should move.
In times like these and always, we must stick together, mind each other's business, and know that we all we got.