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SPRING IS IN THE AIR!.....THEREFORE, TERRA CAFE PRESENTS THE ALL NEW: "DIVINE NINE & FRIENDS FRIDAYS AT TERRA CAFE!" Begins FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018 Come network, relax and wind down......or turn up with the best music in town! Happy Hour begins at 6pm Full dinner and cocktail menu DJ Byron Zulu Franklin plays your "grown folk faves" from 8pm-1am 101 East 25th St Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (410) 777-5277 terracafebmore.com (at Terra Cafe Bmore)

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At the shores of the Atlantic Ocean...the African side. #NeverForgetTheTransatlanticSlaveTrade (at Atican Beach Resort)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkmJcCGfuzo)

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The War You Don't See

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The Zulu Legend about the Moon The following two paragraphs are adapted from Justin Mazza’s article, “The Moon Is a Death Star”:

The Zulu people believe the moon to be hollow. According to Zulu legend, the moon was brought here hundreds of generations ago by two brothers, Wowane and Mpanku. They are known as the water brothers because they had scaly skin like a fish. (This story is similar to the Mesopotamia and Sumerian accounts about the two brothers Enlil and Enki.)  Zulu legend tells of Wowane and Mpanku stealing the moon in the form of an egg from the “Great Fire Dragon” and emptying out the yolk until it was hollow.  They then “rolled” the moon across the sky to the earth and caused cataclysmic events on this planet (the end of the Golden Age).

Zulu legend says that the earth was very different before the moon arrived. There were no seasons and the planet was permanently surrounded by a canopy of water vapor. People did not feel the fierce glare of the sun that we do now and they could only view it through a watery mist.  The earth was a beautiful place, a gentle place, lush and green with a gentle drizzle and mist, and the sun’s fury was not there. (This corroborates the geological and paleontological evidence that the Sahara desert was once green.) The water canopy fell to the earth as adeluge of rain when the moon was put into place in the earth’s orbit, correlating with the Biblical rain of 40 days and 40 nights.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE9QJ9TB01I)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiIo-WYO_U)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av8Oe6lU3EE)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_S2GBsqa0)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjXUAMXwpFs)

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"Here’s an interesting form of murder we come up with: assassination. You know what’s interesting about assassination? Well, not only does it change those popularity polls in a big fucking hurry, but it’s also interesting to notice who it is we assassinate. Ya ever notice who it is, got to think who it is we kill? It’s always people who’ve told us to live together in harmony and try to love one another. Jesus, Gandhi, Lincoln, John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, John Lennon – they all said, "Try to live together peacefully." Bam! Right in the fucking head! Apparently we’re not ready for that. Yeah, that’s difficult behavior for us. We’re too busy thinking around, sitting around trying to think up ways to kill each other."

George Carlin (via astoldbyjoey)

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April 3rd 1968: King’s last speech

On this day in 1968, the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. made his last speech, the day before his assassination. The Baptist minister from Georgia first came to national attention for his leadership of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, which attempted to desegregate buses in the city. This event is considered by many the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, which saw a national effort to end discrimination against African-Americans. King was one of many leaders, but became the face of the movement for his non-violent tactics and powerful oratory. In 1963, during the March on Washington, King delivered the crowning speech of the struggle - the ‘I have a dream’ speech. Beyond his role in combating racial inequality, King also focused on tackling poverty and advocating peace, especially during the Vietnam War. In April 1968, King visited Memphis in solidarity with striking sanitation workers. It was at the Mason Temple in this city that he delivered his ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’ speech, widely considered one of the finest of his long career. The very next day, King was assassinated at his Memphis hotel by James Earl Ray. His final speech was remarkably prophetic, as he appeared to acknowledge he would not live long, and invoked the Biblical story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. Moses died before he could enter the Promised Land, though God allowed him to view it from atop Mount Nebo before he died. Though King didn’t know it, he too died before he saw his dream come to fruition, and since his death comparisons between the civil rights leader and Biblical prophet have abounded.

”Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.”

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While travelling by rail through North Carolina and the Virginias, photographer Hugh Mangum took beautiful portraits of a variety of people. 

These portraits were taken between the 1880s and early 1920s. The above photos are a very small sampling of his work. The full collection can be found at Duke Libraries Digital Collection

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Semantics - The Rise and Fall of Muammar al Gathafi