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Originally it was in the top floor of the Boston Athenæum. The Boston Athenæum is an independent library, meaning it gets private funds, and isn't attached to a school or other institution directly. The Boston Athenæum is also a membership library. So it is for members who pay the yearly fee.
What do you think of a private Black Library? Yes, Harlem has the Schomburg from public funds and open to the public. And if you like the idea what kind of books do you think it should have?
The Museum of Fine Arts originally in Copley Square
The Summer Staircase in the Boston Athenæum
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04 February 2026
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Don't Call Me Crazy! I'm Just in Love Paperback – February 4, 2014
by Swiyyah Nadirah Woodard @Swiyyah
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She believes she’s found the man of her dreams. But what if her mind is playing tricks?
Anika Muhammad struggles to trust men. But after meeting a handsome playa in her business course, she unexpectedly falls head over heels. Yet she can’t forgive his once-wandering ways and is paralyzed by paranoia that he must be cheating.
Seeking something better, Anika gravitates toward an attractive artist whose religious beliefs open her up to a new spiritual world. But some part of her still wants to marry her smooth-talking ladies’ man, and her desperate choices are driving her to the edge of sanity.
Can Anika conquer her inner demons before she loses the guy who truly holds her heart?
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04 February 2026
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Deep Space Nine is my favorite Star Trek show, even above the original series and my second favorite is Discovery. So my biases are on the table.
Now, if someone said to me, Rich, we want a show to find Captain Sisqó.
My first thoughts will be what do I know about Captain Sisqó's departure. I know who: sisqo, when: stardate given, where:the prophet temple , what: fought gul ducat and negative entities, how: joined prophets , why: prophecy, it was foretold. Last but not least, Sisqó himself said he would return to be with his family: Jake + Cassidy.
Second, what don't I know?
Any clues or definition of when Sisqó would return. Which means I need to figure four things:
1) when sisqo returned to Jake+ Cassidy, who was pregnant when he left, and what did they do.
2) why did Sisqó have to leave again after returning to Jake+ Cassidy
3) what role does the prophets or the Q have with that eden like place found in star trek discovery.
4) when will sisqo be found in the context of Star Trek Starfleet Academy
Third, where should anyone in Star Trek Starfleet Academy begin to search for Sisqó?
The answer in my mind is obvious with all the players of Deep Space Nine.
Jake- he will see his father as an older man[ rest in peace Tony Todd] , but that will not be the Prophet Sisqó so to speak, and that Jake while surprised didn't seem like he was waiting for Sisqo then. so, writers have work to do, but have one clue which keeps star trek's timeline together. Michael Burnham's husband can find Jake's writings. If they can find a VHS tape of Fae Valentine's old self, anything is possible. Yes, non star trek but, data storage of writings should be findable.
Cassidy- she was pregnant, she had to live to when Sisqó would see her again. But that doesn't mean after that moment when he went missing again, she was the same.
For Jake+ Cassidy Star Trek offers some convenient tools. They can leap through time in cryogenic tubes, khan noonian singh does it all the time. Scotty survived in a transfer buffer for decades. So tools exist to leap frog Cassidy or Jake, especially through the fall of the federation, which keeps Discovery's continuity.
Dax - is a trill and Dax can still be alive, even though the trills have gone through challenges, so maybe Dax is dead or maybe Dax is so old the old identities are silent. Dax needs to be spoken to.
Dr Bashir- he was genetic modified so I am not certain he has to be dead. And he wasn't in hiding when the show ended and had relations with other genetic modified doing various calculations or activities. All his work or notes over the years need to be researched or found.
Major Kira- what is the status of Bajor? based on discovery, it is unknown to the audience cause the federation diminished in size and was near death as an organization. so, Bajor is changed. But where does that put Bajorans? Got to go to Bajor and see if any priests or priestess have anything, the ki's right?
The prophets - they need to be talked to, if any will know they will. If their gateway is still the wormhole outside Bajor well. got to talk to them.
Odo- He was changling, changling do die and get old , but changlings can survive a long time and last we saw him he was in the collective to heal them. With the Jim hadar,/Klingon guy, maybe he may be able to ask someone. Odo needs to be found and it connects to Kira, whom I can't imagine didn't see Odo again before she died.
Worf- His sone Alexander is going to become , through Voyager, a Klingon scientist who discovers how to time travel. How did he do that? That can be useful. Even considering the fall of the federation, where did Alexander go?
Chief Obrian- He is one of the few crew members who I can't see a connection to getting a clue for Sisqó. He left back for earth. The one thing I will suggest is, he was a transporter operator in next generation before becoming a chief so maybe he had an event in the annals of the federation.
Quark- A ferengi, Quark was one of the characters always on the lookout for the others. The ferengi may be greedy but the ferengi travel, gossip, hear whispers, the great river, his nephew Nog, rest that actors soul, and his brother was a genius. So, Maybe Quark made a record of something, heard something and placed it in the financial records. I imagine ferengi's keep their taxes for a long time and with the fall of the federation and growth of the Orion's I can see Ferengi's doing generally well.
Vic- the 1950s bar program on deep space nine. Like the Doctor of Voyager who seems to be a character in Academy, the bar program is long lived , as long as it has enough memory and where it is stored isn't damaged by nanites or violence. Vic as a resident of deep space nine and a popular bar will have privy to a long list of gossips or information. It is worth a search.
NOTE: To bad the section 31 guy in Deep Space Nine passed away because based on Michelle Yeoh's time with them, I bet they know something.
So... The idea of finding Sisqó is fine on the surface. Deep Space Nine , if they will respect it, gave the general outline.
1)Sisqó left at the end of Deep space nine.
2) Stuff happened.
3) sisqo returned to Jake + Cassidy + the new child older
4) Sisqó left again for some reason
5) stuff happened
6) Sisqó is found somewhere, whether it be foretold or prophecy or because of a negative agent.
2 or 5 is where you can fill the blanks with a lot.
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From a story perspective I have a lot to say, but I will take one angle I didn't mention elsewhere on this topic.... legends don't happen because of the past, England has many mythological old kings, why does arthur matter more than many others? Arthur unlike the others had a court which myth made multiracial , french/scottish/welsh/english/irish/german knights all sat at the table in myth, this appealed to the future better than others. What is my point ? they happen because people in the future deem it relevant to their own passions. . Based on star trek discovery, what relevance did Sisqo and the prophets have to the survival of the federation? How did that survival relate to the survival or jake or cassidy and sisqo's second child or their bloodline? As a writer do I wish I was the one to make this happen? yes. Has paramount or skydance paramount shown they can positively manage adding to the literature of the the star trek global franchise ? no. I don't think star trek starfleet academy is bad. Nor do I hate the chris pine films. But, they all could had been better. My argument is they all lack the ambition of Roddenberry. As shatner's documentary proved, many people in paramount seem to think roddenberry was crazy and it shows in star trek after his death. Many have said academy is daring or of the times, but I oppose that sentiment. I think academy is written in an opportunistic way. It is not challenging the audience's perceptions but catering to what some in the audience want to see while also catering to what some in the audience don't want to see. IT isn't challenging the writers to really build an honest lens to something that hasn't been shown in a world that has multiple shows plus movies as part of its literary life.
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04 February 2026
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How many have died from the cold in the city you live in, in the USA?
by 02042026 in NYC
17 died
13 hypothermia -
3 drug overdose
1 unknown
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https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2026/01/31/mayor-zohran-mamdani-snow-storm-homeless-death
13 from hypothermia which means they are out in the cold and had no where to go, but what is more important is how many people became sick. PEople don't seem to comprehend that one person murdered by law enforcement is hundreds of people assaulted by law enforcement. One person dying of hypothermia is hundreds of people sick from the cold.
And the three people who drug overdosed thought that could heat them up. But, how many people are trying to drink themselves warm?
New York City has problems across the board, these deaths are the proof. But what is most telling is in a city where if a black person commit an illegality, whether criminal or not, many chime in regardless of how uncommon the act but when the city is the culprit of a legal crime, no words no judgements no condemnations.
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so lietenant governor is what adrienne adams got to come in too late to win the mayoral race but block certain strategies by Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo, good for her. I think she is actually a good legislator.
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/evening-briefing/2026/02/04/evening-briefing--feb--4--2026
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@Pioneer1
7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
There seems to be 2 Black Americas:
-One affected by crime, poverty, familial dysfunction, and illegal immigration
-The other....wealthy, healthy, well educated, good jobs, plenty of leisure time to enjoy themselves, and not bothered or threatened by immigration at all and confused at what the argument is even over
I've SEEN wealthy and well to do Black communities in the Detroit, Atlanta, D.C. and Atlanta area but I'm not exactly sure what they're doing to maintain this oasis of peace and prosperity.
Maybe to go school and get a good education and stay out of trouble.
But millions of AfroAmericans have TRIED that.....it doesn't always work.
Yet there are millions of AfroAmericans who have that "magic touch" where they bath in peace and prosperity regardless as to the economic conditions around the nation.
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There has always been at least 2 tribes of Black people in the usa. When the usa was founded in the white european colonial phase of the usa, even though ninety to ninety five percent of black people were enslaved completely whites, ten to five percent of black people were free, owned businesses, was an employed laborer.
You know this already.
A black business owner fought alongside washington and company, was imprisoned by england for fighting for the usa to be, and survived and went back to his successful business.Some Black whalers in the new england states owned their own boats. The whites of marth's vineyard were some of the earliest abolitionist and the black populace in martha's vineyard grew as a result. Zora Neale Hurston grew in northern florida not far from Rosewood yet her black town was idyllic for her albeit, surrounded by white criminals. Armstrong Williams who grew up in South Carolina and whose relative was murdered by whites said he never dealt with white bias growing up on their tobacco farm. I myself admitted a happy childhood. My life wasn't affected by crime or fiscal poverty or dysfunctions in the home or immigrants whether legal or illegal but the biggest criminals where i lived was the local nypd precinct which was known, by everyone [black non black, paraplegic, athetist, christian, man , woman ] in this part of nyc for being dirty to the core. Drug dealers/extorionist/pimps all nypd officers and any nypd officer in that precinct who didn't aid them or help was an illegal actor through abetting, cause every nypd agent in there had to know. as for poverty, well, in my experience, most black people in this extended part of harlem , worked for a living, tried to find jobs, in a city that is not black, is not controlled. and I nor my particular place of rearing never had a problem with black immigrants so...
And don't forget in your list of well to do black regions, two of the biggest is in los angeles and new york city. You atlanta/dc/ detroit. The black one percent region in los angles or New york city is very wealthy, financially. more than any other.
And your wrong, you and everyone black know why a minority of black people have maintained financial success? The same reason modern fiscally black wealthy regions exists is the same as in the past, luck + white people allow it.
The luck part is the truth of fiscal capitalism, which you know. 90% of all business, in all demographics fail. This is a simple truth. 90% of nonblack business fail. 90% of black business fail. 90% of mens business fail. 90% of womens business fail. Maybe you have the following belief, but education is not power, education does not mean you will succeed in a business. Education does not mean you will not be enslaved. The elder Rockefeller whose clan has a whole business complex named after them downtown new york city was a failed business man. He had one oil field that was not producing, living in a little shack. how did his clan get that prominance? education? no , power? no... Andrew Carnegie , the steel baron, who was uneducated as a child, and rowed people over the water between the buroughs as a child, which is illegal today, wanted to save money on shipping his steel and so he sought to consolidate the oil industry, which at that time, was extremely fragmented and had no internal ability to manage itself for more efficiency. Carnegie who owed no one, was not controlled, invited various oil men and chose carnegie, who from a fiscal perspective was the weakest. Carnegie chose Rockefeller because Rockefeller was the poorest, least qualified. Carnegie knew whomever he supported would dominate the oil industry, but carnegie wanted to dominate the steel even more and so Carnegie got what he wanted and Rockefeller got lucky, and with the path of luck, the rest is history. But it was luck. Rockefeller has no bargaining power, he had nothing. Everything was in carnegie's favor, carnegie simply gave blessing. Like Oprah winfrey's book club and similar actions by michelle obama or others. They say an artist has value and a millions dollars in twenty four hours occurs. Starbucks didn't have the money to start up, Bill gates and others gave money to them, through connections. again, no one was forced. What role did education have in Rockefeller's relationship with Carnegie? Oprah Winfrey's relationship with various writers in her book club? Gates relationship with Starbucks?
White people allow it, is the other part, which you already know? again, what crimes or illegalities did Black Tulsa or Rosewood do? Unless you mean the unwritten crime of being black and having white neighbors who want to kill any happiness you have, which is most of black people in the usa historically. what fiscal poverty did Black Tulsa or Rosewood have? arguably they were fiscally wealthier than their white neighbors who terrorized them out of existence. From the surviving accounts most black people in Black Tulsa or Rosewood were happy in their homes, but that didn't prevent their destruction. and lastly, immigrants as defined by those coming to the usa from outside weren't the ones who annihilated black tulsa/rosewood/ black bronx [that was white jewish/italian/irish landowners in the bronx] /black new orleans/ and the millions of black towns or regions of white cities annihilated by whites into a complete reboot absent any provocation by blacks.
The mystery to how certain Blacks live in a positive black pool in the united states of america, isn't a mystery, each is founded on fiscal luck + white allowance. The sad part is blacks like you keep thinking fiscal luck + white allowance is something that can be engineered or planned in some machiavellan way. For me what is sad is what I comprehend. So many black people in the united states of america or the european colonies it was born from, are so willing to see the usa in a positive light, that they only way they can rationalize black success is to keep trying to find a magical way a black person can make it happen, and treat it like a strategy insteead of admitting what historically continually shows. You mention fiscally wealthy black detroit or black atlanta or black district of columbia. When the all white counties around Detroit city, block black people or when said places residents harm black people, fiscally wealthy black detroit is willing to live with it. When the murdering white counties around atlanta, that graves filled with black people are still being found in, harm black people fiscally wealthy black atlanta is willing to live with that. I know too many black people from D.C. , the white populace of D.C. in my view is notoriously anti black. But wealthy black D.C. in prince george county and elsewhere is willing to live with that.
But not everybody black want to have white terror as a neighbor. What is comprehending that some unknown magic ? You have made it clear, the usa is your home, and the history of black people fighting for the usa is true from the usa's very founding... but you have to comprehend, black people fought for the usa not to exists at its very founding, as well. So maybe if you expand your comprehension of the black populace in the usa you will realize how complex black peoples relationship with the usa or the non blacks in it is, and thus nothing is incomprehensible, from black presidents to black people living off grid.
@ProfD
5 hours ago, ProfD said:
Right. For Black men especially it takes some combination of intelligence, talent, preparation, discipline, grit, determination, adaptability & survivability to be successful.
Well... I have to break up types of success when i speak of success. Financial success for black people, male or female or young or old in the usa, is all that you say. You need intelligence because fiscal capitalism breeds tricksters, you need talent especially as most blacks don't have money or access to money historically when they attempt things, preparation is good but levels of preparation are blockaded only the wealthiest can truly be prepared completely in fiscal capitalsim, discipline or grit or determination or survivability all are elements of purpose , a black person's purpose must be strong in the usa historically, 1492 to 1865 age of enslavement had black business owners who had to survive white people trying to entrap them legally, since black enslavement was legal, so free blacks were legally able to be enslaved. so your correct:) you need all the elements of purpose in that environment. 1865 to 1980 was jim crow which was literally about restricting/diminishing/stopping all black positive activity in every city or county or state since, the federal level deemed black people citizens now so white power could only operate through the state level and below. So yes, black people needed elements of purpose to survive an environment where they are citizens but every city/county/state they are in has an environment totally designed to make their life miserable, like being put in jail for walking on the left side of the street on sunday. And a black person need adaptibility in said enslavement or jim crow eras because both eras whole point is a black persons enslavement or destruction or goading into prison. Financial success needs the factors you mention, especially for blacks in the usa. Though I admit, in the post jim crow,1980 to today, as white people have finally stopped the stifling anti back behavior, black growth has blossomed, inevitably, at a faster rate than ever before. But black growth in the usa started in 1980, but 1492 or 1776 or 1865
But the success of the home, a positive home life, doesn't require all of those things for black people in the usa. It requires first love, which is not common in human homes in general, it requires patience. And is easier today in the post jim crow era. Unlike enslavement, where black homes didn't exist [ the slave quarter is not a home, a home can't exist for a person who can be sold at any moment n the leisure of another ], or jim crow, where black homes were under constant attack [between white states or white cities that used eminnent domain on entire black regions or cities or black towns , white businesses supported by white city or state governments abusing black customers or clients , white individuals or groups supported by white city or state governments committing acts of terror/assault from murder to harassment on black individuals or groups] on all aspects of life, the modern era, i will call post jim crow, 1980 to today, is the first time black homes don't have to deal with white overwhelming terror. So even though a negative heritage froom 1492 to 1980 has to be slowly ebbed out, black people's homes I argue are doing well, for such a negative legacy that they was imposed on them by the non black.
But I think success financially is not the success of the home.
@Pioneer1
4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
Some Black folks seem to be "immune" to racism and the other social problems that affect other Black people.
it isn't , if you read my original segment to you in this post, then you realize the word is uncaring. History has as fat that some, a small minority of black people, were willing to fight alongside whites who publicly admitted they felt every black person should be enslaved. so is it so hard to see that that same minority, scale up for population growth over time, is willing to live alongside whites as positively, with whites in modernity on average being far less terrible to black people than their forebears. But, like in the past, did most blacks have the willingness to live alongside whites? NO! did most free blacks? no... rememebr , in the second white european global imperial war, commonly called erroneously world war two, black newspapers in majority wanted to tell black people to stay out of any positive engagement to that war... but white powers, had a meeting and the V's were up. Most black people in the usa before 1980 at the least, have always been anti USA or anti white but that never meant all black people.
4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
That's what racists do....they fuck up your program.
sometimes they murder you too... death does stop alot of programs.
4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
Sometimes I wonder if some of these "magical negroes" are just illusions or phantoms designed to confuse you and make you wonder "why them"????
well... I have asked the following in the past and I realize it will never happen, for as a black woman replied then, you want the world to fall. But, I think what can help your query is revealing how many black people were agents of the three letter folk from 1940s to today. I am 100% certain if the names of every black agent to the cia/fbi/or other similar was revealed it would expose connections to alot of black people with money today, if not them, black benefactors to them. I have proof of nothing, but I know of four things, two for a fact and two through an unconfirmed source.
The two facts
- a bodyguard to malcolm x was an agent
- an associate to fred hampton was an agent
The two unconfirmed, I wish I could prove, but I believe
- the three letter people infiltrated every single organization in the usa, every single organization
-the three letter people killed more people since 1980 than any government army
These four things if the unconfirmed two are true, lead to an inevitable reality. That all populaces in the usa have a corrupt one percent , a minority of wealthy , whose crimes against their own have never been admitted or revealed but has protected them from white power cause they are agents of white power.
Again, I can't prove anything so as per the USA and its law room culture, absent proof, the ignorant/hopeful can be allowed to believe in better.
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I think of the Vietnam war documentary from ken burns in PBS. Vietnam war ended circa 1974 so that is fifty two years ago, over half a century, over two generations or twenty years, and yet, redactions/crossouts were still needed on content? why? agents in vietnam? working for the usa? or maybe people whose wealth in vietnam came from agents working for the usa? I wonder what some people in vietnam would do if others in vietnam were revealed to be agents to the usa? I wonder. ....
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