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The Deer, the Goblet & the Lily Bells—BLACK AFRICAN ORIGIN Solomon & the Beja, Part I In the past, I have had an intense debate and dialogue on the ancient book written by Solomon, THE SONGS OF SOLOMON, and presented a lot of detailed references. This book becomes extremely intense at times for me because I am a woman and Solomon’s writings are graphic, and from a man’s point-of-view. WHEW. At any rate, his book also becomes mind blowing and flattering to the affect that it takes a lot of emotional preparation in order to study it. No wonder I have never heard this book preached from the pulpit, or at least, that becomes my wonder. Something has gone wrong with the Black Church; to completely omit many aspects of the very Bible they claim to uphold. It has been a long time since I have expressed what might describe as ‘My Black Talk’. I have refrained from sharing this kind of research a lot because at times, I feel a deep sense of rejection that stems from, well, many Black African Americans. But because I also feel that there happens to be so much undercover Black Self-hatred going on in the world today amongst the Black and Brown people, I believe these kinds of ancient records need to be regarded because they might be kind of like a catharsis. Before I share this aspect of my research, I would like to say, that I thank my Creator for the Protestant Movement here in America because had it not been for them, White European people, I would never know about ancient Kemet. About 2000 years ago, the Black African world threw the ancient books down at the cross completely in exchange for the law of the Roman Empire. Today, many Black people seem to think that their sole conclusion on Black origins should be accepted without question and be believed without any presentation of past cross references, and that we today should consider their whims and their writings of which have no scientific methodology of confirmation. So, for now, the ancient records of this book about the very subject of Black Origins seems to be a great pathway to getting a better understanding of the past. But first, it should be important to present a brief introduction of the author, Solomon, the book itself, and the time period in which this book was dated. Introduction Brown is NOT the New Black Yes, I will say it LOUD! —I am BLACK & I’m Proud! —And I appreciate this modern-day Civil Rights’ Movement that has brought us African American Descendants of Slaves (DOS) a sense of identity and connection to our Black origins. However, every now and then, I believe that it should be important to acknowledge the historical past about some of our true ancestors or else we may lose sight of some realities about a distinction that surrounds the ever-present circumstances of COLORISM. Although I do identify as being both of African descent and ‘Black’ due to my Black cultural origins indeed, in truth, however, I am not ‘black skinned’ but brownish. And, unlike many other non-African people in the world who may also tie their genetic origins to an early Black African ancestor, however, as an African American DOS, my ‘Blackness’ would also be associated with a continual connection with some type of a Black African CULTURAL ROOT AND ETHNIC IDENTITY. Notwithstanding though, even today amongst many of us, technically, our physical presence as being BROWN is NOT the New Black of today. Although we share a common ancestral and cultural bond with our Black relatives and our origins, however, us Brown Negroes do not entirely replace or represent the distinct experiences of other true Black skinned African-typed people. Otherwise, the true essence, uniqueness and contribution of the truly Black skinned African people that have lived and died could be viewed as being extinct or even ‘not truly Black skinned[!?]’ [I’ve heard it all] and Brown skinned Africans such as myself would replace and misrepresent them as the New Black and that would be very disrespectful as the issue of Colorism means that Black skinned people have experienced a unique definition of this great evil altogether. And, we should NOT ignore this truth and then, expect to gain deliverance from our evil experience with regards to Racism, Colorism and White Supremacy. And so, for this reason do I passionately love to reflect on the ancient king of Israel, Solomon. Like most Black African Americans, I have heard it all about Solomon and whether he really existed or in how his book was ‘not about him’, but for now, this research concerns the content of the book presented on the subject of Black Origins. According to historical records that I have studied in college in my required Humanities class, the time period that Solomon was dated to live, the 900s BC, became termed as a Classical period and a lot of his writings became a part of other ‘later’ ancient civilizations long after he died. Solomon was born of David, the king of Israel and so, Solomon became the king of Israel after the death of David and, his rule over that Hebrew Israelite civilization was distinct apart from his father. Unlike David who made war campaigns, Solomon was a diplomatic ruler, one who made a lot of peace deals with other civilizations. However, when Solomon became older, he came to regret some of the peace deals that he made with respect to certain marriage contracts and this would be one of the reasons why Solomon wrote this book SONG OF SOLOMON (Canticles), which became described as one of the greatest written works of all time. For this reason, at times this book would also be titled The SONG OF SONGS. Solomon wrote this book, again, when he was old and did so, as if to ‘right a wrong’. In it, Solomon uses deep analogies upon which, without a deep understanding of certain scientific background, it would be impossible to understand how Solomon was able to anchor his writings and dispel a lot of later deception. Nevertheless, there has been an incredible intent to deceive and erase the true meaning of this book by the enemy. Like all of the other ancient writings, Solomon would also be defined as a scribe and ‘a prophet’ himself so, Solomon also prophesizes and gives extraordinary depth to prophecy that many people have not been able to grasp. Nevertheless, even though there have been many other books dated much later in time such as ‘the Wisdom of Solomon’, and presented as if they were the actual Solomon, however, it has been well proven now that such writings were published by someone else and long after Solomon had died. Because of the deepness of Solomon’s writings too, it would be impossible to completely decipher the fullness of this book in a short write-up, but nonetheless, this could possibly be regarded as a renewed focus. So, it becomes crucial to provide a terse preview about the entire book before it can be revealed for its’ awesome message. This whole book was written in the form of, a song, with verses that are sometimes repeated so as to emphasize certain aspects. Another feature about this book would be that, Solomon divided it up into two parts, sort of like book one (1) and then book two (2), and then he summarizes with repetition. Furthermore, both books are completely dependent upon each other. Book one, reinforces the meaning of Book two, and vice versa. And like all the other books written over the course of thousands of years showing distinct writing styles, these authors all crossed referenced their own publications with other references and Solomon did likewise. In other words, Solomon the prophet addressed the same subject matter that the more ancient prophet Moses wrote about and other prophets and also referenced other civilizations and, he provided more enhancements to subject matter that applied to his lifetime and enhancements to the prophecies of which still had not been fulfilled. Another major shock about this book would be that, although Solomon wrote this book about BLACK SKINNED HEBREW ISRAELITE FEMALES, in general, however, it actually revolves around one particular girl. Solomon wrote it about a specific girl and, amazingly so, this very girl became his wife!!!—or should I say, one of his wives. LOL. There are many written references on the internet and books about this Black skinned girl but, the information has been deceitfully suppressed. However, the other books in the Bible has also confirmed Solomon’s wife, and his recordings of her as well. In fact, there was an intense conflict that incredibly surrounded this very girl and the many entries about this, if put together in chronological format, presents a dramatic heart wrenching historical event. So, before I even go into the book, this very black skinned maiden, for which the entire book in the Bible revolves around, SONGS OF SOLOMON, was written about a girl named ABISHAG. Yes. And she was the very girl that was chosen to be a ‘nurse’ for Solomon’s father, the king David, when he became old and ill. The Bible details throughout many passages that were written by other Levite priest and in other books, that David could not generate enough body heat, so it was decided that a young virgin would be selected to lay in his bosom to help keep him warm. So then, the young Israelite men, of course, some of David’s own sons and princes happily took on the task of going out into the communities to find a young virgin girl to nurse the king of Israel, David. And in the book of the SONG OF SOLOMON, it becomes revealed how Solomon reacted when he first saw this girl, Abishag, and spoke with her in her home and community. He was overcome by her presence and he wrote about her in how she greeted him and responded to him. So then, it was Abishag of whom was selected to be David’s nurse maid. However, after David died, well, that would be when things really got ugly. Solomon and one of his older brother’s [half-brother] came into a deadly conflict over this very girl. Cont.

@Stefan Oh know, here you go with underhanded tactics. I have no idea of Diamond and Silk, nor will I waste my time trying to find out. It would be crazy for any Black American believer in truth to accept a Homosexual-pedophile 'black' president put on us through this government. My great grandmother was stolen from Africa when she was only 8 years old, don't mess with me about your belief in Obama. There is no program, even Obamacare that can affectively deal with this kind of origin for Afican American DOS.

So, okay, there is so much more to this dialogue, but what I saw later was that both you and Pioneer began to talk about END TIMES: "but why they were allowed to rule" "AND why they are STILL ruling despite various dates that claimed that their time of rulership was supposed to be up." "--I've heard that their time was up in 1914. I've heard their world or THE world was supposed to end in the year 2000 or before 2000. Then I heard 2012 was the Mayan prophecy for the old world to fall and a new one to rise. ..." --" And when will their rule REALLY come to an end? Those are the questions that have been on my mind for years." Aha! So there is a half-belief in Biblical prophecy. This then seems like a CONTRADICTION. So, there is a hope that this all powerful DIVINE POWER will get rid of White Supremacy and/or White people that 'WE CREATED'? So now, 'do we' want to get rid of them, and live happily ever after in an all-Black world—completely void of White people? Okay, this would be one of the last dramatic points that I read from you @Pioneer1: "...It appears that there seems to be a certain "type" of AfroAmerican or African in general that Caucasians can't seem to even touch let alone harm no matter how hard they try. We've all met these type of people who seem to be able to get away with doing or saying anything…" I agree with KAREEM in that some of the Blacks that are protected to further the cause of White Supremacy will also be abandoned or attacked, based on the relativity of the issue. Bill lCosby was never a threat until a certain point that many White females became victims. Then his ‘Black righteous movement’ was thrown down. But up until that point, he was secretly supporting White Supremacy. They knew he had a fetish for White women, but when he began to oppress these women and abused them so badly…, then the government dropped him. Again you said: why The Divine protects them to such an extent that they are never harmed Pioneer, LOL. YOU ARE DOING JUST FINE! You just keep on speaking against Jesus and the Jews ‘NOT BEING ORIGINALLY BLACK’ and SOLOMON being White Caucasian and no White person will ever bother you! You’ve found the secret to success in America, you are on your way to making big bucks! LOL. But the fella that started this thread may have you beat on that score. LIke you, he stated that all of the Hebrew Israelites of ancient script are mythological.

Pioneer says: [paraphrazing]: --Central Asia and that's why that mountain region is called the "Caucasus mountains". -- Great walls and other barriers were built to keep them in. -- They stayed in that condition for 2,000 years and turned into straight savages and then Moses and a crew was sent up from Kemet (ancient Egypt) to civilize them ---4000 B.C. Caucasians come into existence -2000 B.C. Moses and his men are sent up to civilize them Moses was not born at this time. Moses would not be born until hundreds of years later after 2000 BC. Also, the Caucasus mountains and 'CENTRAL ASIA' are two different geographic areas. I don't even know how to address the thought that people would be confined behind a wall for 2000 years with no contact with other civilizations all around them. @Pioneer1 said: [paraphrasing]: -1500 B.C. after a few centuries of being civilized and organized they began to leave the mountains and conquere the rest of the world like Sumer, India, and Africa and eventually the Americas and Australia. 1500 BC, -- By this time Sumer had already been conquered hundredds of years prior. India being conquered--What a thought? @Kareem You said, "I don't know if you meant to open this Pandora's Box. But what do you mean "c[a]me into existence?" and then PIoneer stated "Yes sir, I believe they were MADE from our people through a process of selective breeding. So, the origin of CAUCASIANS are then BLACK AFRICAN. But somehow, they BE-CAME into existence and were WHITE. That means that THE ORIGINAL CAUCASIANS WERE BLACK AFRICAN. Pioneer: "... but were made from the Dravidic (south Indian) branch." So then not all YDNA stems from African origins? And Pioneer goes against the scientist of today that make this scientific claim of one origin for YDNA--Black Africa? Pioneer states that 'Dravidic Indians and Caucasians are originally DARK BROWN MEN with their own YDNA with no origins from BLACK AFRICA.' So, the historical records all over India today about their ancient BLACK, straight haired Indians are wrong? Their ancient scripts and Art form of carvings and depictions of BLACK East INDIANS are a mistake?

@Kareem you posed that question and Pioneer addressed it [paraphrasing]: He is saying some Caucasians look African-ish, Black-ish because of White Caucasian women were intermixed with BLACK AFRICAN MEN—but where and when did this happen? At the time of Moses? Pioneers time period reference is "in the cave-man days of the Caucasian" However, ‘cave-man days’ would be way before the time of Moses and the term ‘Caucasian’ is not used to define the caveman period. Pioneer said: "I used to believe the original Jews were Black… Original Jews were for the most part Caucasians. However, the Biblical timeline for the Original Jews stem from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob [Israel], and then Judah and some of his brothers. At this time period, between 2000 BC to 1800s BC the term Caucasian would not define the Jews at all. @Pioneer1 says: "Now the original HEBREWS were/are African and they still exist as the Ibo tribe in Nigeria." And, then, "But Jews and Hebrews aren't the same." This is extremely misleading. The very definition of their origins stipulates that they are the same in their original formations. The Jews are also defined as the original Hebrews and it was more than a thousand years since their cultural origins that their was a division and then more than thousands of years later after that the Ibo people of Africa became defined for a significant JEW PRESENCE. I can understand this aspect of the Ibo as one of my ancestors was stolen from this area of the Slave Coast in West Africa. But these Jews presence was not known until some time after the downfall of the Ghana Empire.

Well, I agree with what you said, partially, in that, "The Israelis today claim to be Ashkenazis and the chosen people of God. But their own Torah (Old Testament) says they are "gentiles" in those aforementioned verses You mind talking more about our journeys into the Caucasus? . I'm trying to draw a timeline to understand this better." Pioneers definition of CAUCASIAN absolutely fits today's world, but it is also completely admitted by scholars today, in that the term for White Europeans in these modern times as being CAUCASIAN stems from a movement. This term revolves around 'a racial construct', from what I can see but this term originally did not apply to White people. I think one of the best examples in this movement may from my research might be understood with a comparison to another term. What do you think about or imagine when you hear the term to refer to SOUTH AFRICANS? Today, we know that this term CAN apply to White Europeans who have been a part of South African for many decades since the Colonial times, however, the ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICANS still exist in South Africa amongst these White 'SOUTH AFRICANS'. The origins of the White 'SOUTH AFRICANS' does NOT directly stem from all of the White Europeans intermixing 'sexually' with these Africans, but they migrated down into South Africa and dominated over the original South Africans. This modern RACIAL CONSTRUCT OF TODAY'S 'SOUTH AFRICANS' [White] would absolutely not define their origins as steming directly from sexual selection with the Black indigenous South Africans who also came to be in South Africa at a much earlier time. So, the origins of the ORIGINAL CAUCASIANS becomes relative to a certain time period in how they came to exist and then yes, intermix with White people who now are called CAUCASIANS. But as PIoneer did reply, he does not really believe this process in the way that I have explained it, however, he does contradict himself, IMO, but he won't admit it.

@Kareem I saw this comment back in January 31, when you posted but, I have just now returned. I wanted to comment back then, but now that I've returned, I see that there is a whole lot of dialogue between you and Pioneer on other subjects that has clouded my initial intention to respond to what was the earlier topic. So, because you tagged me, and I have read some of the dialogue, I am passionate to respond to some of the comments. Although I can see that you directed your questions and statements to Pioneer and on some of this topic, I have been in a debate with Pioneer and we have disagreed, I want you to know that I understand that this dialogue does not include me. Nevertheless, I still want to comment on some of what was stated about the topic addressed. Some where earlier, you address the subject of 'CAUCASIAN ORIGINS' to @Pioneer1 and so, I am going to go back and interject and throw my findings in on this topic because I am passionate about this topic as it relates to Black origins and how we today, all over the world, have been influenced by this subject. I read over some of the dialogue and IMO, some of the conclusions seem vague and opinionated, so, I too want to give my opinions based on my experiences as a Black AFrican American on the subject of how 'Caucasian people' have influenced me. So here, @Kareem You addressed this comment to Pioneer in his definition of CAUCASIANS being JEWS. And you reference the KJV of the Bible. Then Pioneer responded [paraphrasing] that there are different kinds of CAUCASIANS and that the JEWS are just one branch of CAUCASIAN:

But absolutely not for my benefit. African Americans like myself were completely destroyed financially as a result of this ACA. I would absolutely believe though, that it has helped a certain class of Black Americans though, we have definitely been divided by American policies. Universal Healthcare!? Sort of like 'Rome going out to tax the whole world'. I believe in good intentions though.

This is a delayed reaction-- I would have never thought in a million years that two African American men had something to do with the kind of music that the Rolling Stones played.

Okay, WOW! I am going to make a notebook to keep up with this information. Thank you @Mel Hopkins I am going to break this down and digest this. OMGOSH! I can understand this.

@Maurice WOW! That was CRAZY GOOD! Thank you for posting. All of this was before my time, I was too young to know all about these times, yet, I've always wondered. It was only a few years ago that I even heard about STAX even though I remember many of the artist and loved the music. I was shocked to learn, here, that Aretha Franklin was associated with this company! Man! And yes, that she was born in Memphis!? I did not realize how Otis Redding tied into all of this history just before Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. I think I'll be playing his hit today, all day! I am not sure whether it's Nashville or Memphis, but I was also surprised, years back, when I learned that Tina Turner was actually born in Tennesee! I learned a lot in this documentary!

Yes, his name was Robert Johnson. I think he also influenced Elmore James. Not much is written about Robert Johnson but the article I read said that he became sort of like a legend.

@Maurice I did read up a little on Jones, and yes, it is very fascinating history! WOW. I also learned about the two Blues musicians that influence him from Mississippi--never heard of them either. This is the kind of story that I'd love to see in a film documentary. Amazing! @Kareem I love that Victory album, but because I am not well versed on the details, I don't know what you are referring to. I don't know about the other song ofn the Torture album either. Lol! No way! I never seen that video, but I loved it! It was very stylish and not gaudy at all. NO! LOL! Nice pic though! There's six of them. I recognize Michael only! The music is very nice. Wasn't Jermaine the one really good on guitar? Is Mick Jagger playing in this recording? Really!? Well, I remember how I would play that song, ring my bell, over and over and over again! I still love that song!

@Maurice WOW! This is new to me. Yes, I will read up on Brian Jones. So, he formed the band and named the band; that's interesting.

@Kareem Thank you! @Stefan This is an old trick that Europe already did!

Oh yes she is and I am so TUNED IN!!! You may have no idea how this kind of information is helping me! You wrote: You are identifying viable outlets to sell the book. Direct sales, eCommerce sites, book distributors such as Ingram, hand sellers, independent bookstores, retail bookstores, specialty outlets, etc. Make sure at least one of your outlets is also a reporting agency to NPD Nielsen BookScan Thank you! and you wrote: at least one of your outlets is also a reporting agency to NPD Nielsen BookScan Interesting. I have never heard of this.

Yes, thanks! Great article! You wrote: S = solution - show us how your product helps us solve our problem. A = access - consider how your readers decide to make purchases... V = value - ask how does this product (book) benefit your reader. Every book is not for everyone. So first find out who reads your type of books - and then share with them how your book fits their desires. E = education knowing who your readers are allows you to share information on topics they enjoy. If your book is a romance - then romance readers would be thrilled to learn the latest - like a romance industry gossip website will bring them to you - and you can engage and build a community around mutual interests. I love this! I am very shaky on the 'A' for access aspect. I have no understandable clue as to how to market a book and find interested readers! And the 'E' I do not understand how an author can really know who their audience might be.

Rewarding Bad Behavior. IMO it this government that is behind that too. The kind of Black Church that can pass around the offering plate to pay for their lavish lifestyles are supported by this government. Likewise, it's okay for Blacks to strike out at the Black coons in the church, but not this government and its reponsibility. I feel like for the most case, it is almost impossible to seek justice through the courts if you are Black unless the level of crime is severe such as murder or 'rape that can be proven' without much legal support; this is because then the courts can justify putting the criminal behind bars.

@Kareem Yes, but again, this is sad. Divide and conquer tactics, that is how I view it. And, I agree with you in that the hostility and arrogance goes both ways. No, I don't like it when I think foreign people of African descent seem to snub us. However, I have so many African people and West Indians that are my friens, I hate to even think about the negative aspect. One of my sons is dating a young girl from the West Indies and she is so lovely. Just last week another young girl came up to me to share with me information about her church, and I shocked her, when I let her know I knew where she was from. I said to her, "you are from Eritrea, aren't you?" Well, she was so shocked that she ran up to me and grabbed me. She said, "how did you know!?" lol. Deep down inside, I feel like she was stressed, like she is searching for something, for peace. So, I let her talke to me for a while. My heart goes out to her. But then, I dunno, some of the Eritreans can speak English much better than me. They can even cuss you out, in English! LOL. @Pioneer1 Yes, I understand. I do believe that some women look great with short hair or no hair, but not for me. Oh yes.

@StefanSo, here you come with this typical statement in that poor Black people simply refuse to purchase health insurance, that Obama has now made a federal tax-health law. And here you come with your efforts to try and define all Black people as negative because we don't worship Obama and your voting system and homosexual-pedophilia. Even though Obama was elected for 2 terms, to try and get us all to vote even though the damage is already done. Obama won 2 election terms, so why are you whining about Black people not voting for him? I agree with what the young man, Kaepernick once stated in that this system needs to be overhauled. Oh Wow, you need to go back many years when this whole earth has been set up to pay for health issues of the colonizers? Europeans have caused this whole world to pay for health issues that coulds have been avoided. Now, if African Americans were properly educated by this system, they would know how Europe was set up and it seems as if, they gave everybody healthcare, but then all of a sudden, ... millions of ethnic people were exterminated. This is what bothers me about this repeat. I only mentioned certain topics that you listed because I feel that is the major issue that has damaged us. Obama to suck them into having to pay for even more health issues that were not inherently our issues, in the first place. Soon or later, many Black people are going to realize that they have been tricked into paying taxes, taxes, and more taxes through this healthcare-tax law, that was orchestrated for that very reason. All lower class people have been affected by that law, however, the poor AFrican Americans are completely sacked. They have been completely sacked and punished for being Black, and not being able to get decent paying jobs. Obama knows that this system will not help Black people in the job market, yet he put this law on us anyway. I am grateful, that I did not have to pay $1,6240 per month penalty, because, I fought and fought and fought the paperwork and stayed on the phone endlessly trying to learn how to be lawbiding, but it was difficult.

Thank you so much!

@Kareem Yes, I believe that we are sicker than ever before! Oh no! This reminds me of a funny film that I loved, Black Knight starring Martin Lawrence. LOL! But, yeah! Don't get me started on that topic. I went rounds with my house friends [housemates] on this topic. They must have thought I lost my mind when they came home from work and saw a paper I posted on the Frig with bullet points on the things that they should not do with their cats! LOL! You have no idea! This is very sad. And, I think this has to do with our beginning here in America. Black women were not threatened if they spoke against Blacks but, they knew that they could not do that when it came to White people. So, many bond with White men and will never say anything if they are harmed because it will never go to court. LIke I responded to @Pioneer1 too, I believe this all happened before colonization. But many think this only began with America. REally!? I didn't know this. @Kareem Why put a limit on it? But yes, it may be asking too much for today, because we are lost, for the most part. But why not let it start with you!? Education, and knowledge of self. That is the key. YOu know, you can stil be alone with a partner, especially if the relationship is not working. Selling out is relative. Just because a person chooses to date outside of his or her race, does not necessarily mean that they are selling out. But, imo, a person should have Knowledge of Self before making these choices. or else they will be sucked into a world that they will become invisible; and in that it would be kind of like selling out.

@Maurice That was the first time I ever saw that video. In the paragraph below, it said that was Quincy Jones daughter? I never knew! I was too young to be in the main stream with a lot of this kind of music, but I grew to get to know about the Rolling Stones and, yes, I do like them. I like Mick Jagger. But when I think about the Rolling Stones, I think about Mick, and don't know all that much more about the group, as a whole. For some strange reason too, whenever I hear about Mick Jagger, I always think about Carly Simone, but I don't remember what she has to do with this? Anyway, thanks for posting this, it's bringing back some memories. @Kareem Not much! LOL. But, I listen to this song you posted, and Ahhhhhh! brings back memories! I love this song! I never saw this video before, and was never into watching videos. I usually don't watch videos, deliberately because, I always feel that I am somehow being conditioned to watch someone elses vision, and it takes away from my own freedom of interpreting music that way I need to when I listen. But, I did watch this video, and I love it!!! She is so pretty and this video makes be remember being a teenager in California, walking on the beaches and just enjoying life! I will come back to look at the other music and videos you posted. I love the song Good Times, by Chic! And, I am learning a lot about how some of the artist came together to make songs that I loved in the past. I knew about Michale Jackson and Paul, but I didn't know about Mick Jagger and etc. This is interesting!

Yes, I agree. But, it was not like we didn't know this, or we should have realized that this would happen. Oh no, it didn't. I don't understand how Black people couldn't see what was going to happen with this one. I believe that the Baby Boomers are not harmed by this HEALTHCARE-TAX LAW. But I suspect now, many Black people are quiet because they are flooded with tax problems due to this law. I don't believe Baby boomers understnad what happened because they are not the one really crushed, but it is the X-generation and the millennials that became dropped. Okay, so, for me, it went like this; If you did not clear a certain salaray range, to at least make about $16,000/year you DID NOT QUALIFY for the tax break for a cheap healthcare program nor could ou qualify for the Health Marketplace program. So, you would be charged about $1,600 EVERY MONTH!-- unless you bought an healthcare program which would have been very high! If you did not buy healthcare, then come tax file season, your taxes were seized and you would owe IRS and this is probably going on for years. So, let's talke about me, as an example. I graduated from college with a degree in Biology/Secondary Education. I passed NTE--National Teacher's Examination above average. I worked in my field of sciences until I was married and had children and this interupted me. Then, I was pursued by the government to pay back college loans so, I was pressed to work and leave my children with babysitters. Soon, I lost jobs for reasons due the care of my children. Soon Obamacare becomes a FEDERAL LAW and I now, am struggling to make the income to NOT be charged $1,600 every month... I escaped this horrible fate because of following my faith. I didn not abandoned my children and go back to work a paycheck to paycheck existence salary. I made a sacrifice for my children and supported my husband. So, my children did better at school than me, and helped me escape that terrible HEALTHCARE-TAX LAW until Trump's cabinet shot it down. So, for the past years, I have not been able to get adequate healthcare at all!... That's another problem! As of 2019, if you did abide by Obamacare, up to 2018 before it was knocked down, now, you then qualify to be comepletely EXEMPT from the fines of having to pay @1,600 every month because you don't make a high enough salary. If you don't make enough, now, you do NOT have to pay that high penalty. So for the past years, many millennials who had to work 2-3 jobs to care for their young kids and make enough to avoid that penalty, and as a result, drop their kids off at babysitters they probably could not afford, or drop their kids off at school and had them wait until nighttimge to be picked up, are sacked. For the X-generationals who had to help their adult kids while working low-paying jobs to avoid the tax penalty, their lives won't get better and they probably will owe taxes for a long, long time. I don't think baby boomers know what is going on. I agree that Obama tried to help us, but he did not. It is worse now. In this, Black America should have NOT supported a 'Black' president. As you say, under this system, whether it's a black man or white, they cannot go against a government that was set up to suppress Blacks. This is a bait and switch system. It set up on religion, all the while having chattel slavery, and then switch over to election, in order to keep chattel slavery.

Millie Riley’s Daughter THE FIRST LADY OF LITTLE ROCK DDD—An Essay On The Late Daisy Gaston Bates I had never heard of Daisy Lee Bates, perhaps because I was born a few years after this time or perhaps because it was not part of my formal education, nevertheless, I think that she was amazing. So, she is my feature today, DDD—Dove’s Doll of the Day. Although, I researched this story a few years ago and planned to share this information in some type of written format, however, it upset me so much that I chose to distance myself from it for a while, until I felt emotionally strong enough to absorb it better. I stumbled across this historical piece and decided to do some research and realized that I did hear about many brief accounts of this conflict in the Civil Rights Movement. I remember reports of Black African American (Colored) students being escorted by the Federal government to school in the state of Arkansas when integration became enforced by the government. When I was very young and travelled to Arkansas with my mother and Stepfather, I remember some recounts of this story. And I vaguely remember hearing about a Black (African American) woman of whom had become back in the media when she became older and became some type of news reporter of whom had also moved to South Africa for a while or something like that. So, as I began to look up information about this woman who was supposedly, one of the students who had faced an angry mob of White students, however, I stumbled across Daisy Lee Bates for the first time, and was astounded by her courage. So, therefore, I will share some of the information about her life and some of what interest me. Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was born in 1914 in a small town in Arkansas, called Huttig, so that would mean that she was born around the time of the World War. She was born in what was known as a SHOTGUN HOUSE to her biological mother and father, Hezakiah Gatson and Millie Riley. Her father, Hezakiah worked in a lumber mill as a lumber grader but while Daisy was only a few months old, her mother was murdered, so not much longer after that day, her father eventually gave her to his close friends, a war veteran and his wife and after that, Daisy never saw her father Hezekiah again. Now, Daisy learned at the tender age of eight (8), that her mother Millie Riley, was raped and then murdered by three local white men and then dropped into a millpond. Nothing was ever done about it! The killers were never brought to justice. Her adoptive father told her that the police did not pursue the matter, so Daisy was left to internalize this horror as she matured. Based on the counsel of her adoptive father, however she decided to channel her pain and hatred that she acquired due to such the terrible predicament she was faced with as a result of the racism and death of her mother into a direction that made her feel that she had contributed her life in a positive way. So, Daisy became a Spokes Person for Civil Rights issues and she became a key figure in the federal enforcement of school integration, in that her house became a safe zone, sort of like a headquarters, for the select Arkansas Black students to seek rest, support and encouragement, students that had been selected to begin their school year in an all-White high school in 1957. So, Daisy continued to channel her life in this positive mode for many years and died in the year 1999, at the age of 85, and after achieving many, many awards for her bravery and self-sacrifice. This kind of newfound information inspired me to research more into just what happened to these students and how Daisy dealt with these issues and I was amazed to learn that today, there have been recent films to recapture some stories of the students who have grown up to adulthood. But most of all, for me anyway, deep down inside would be a pang of pain because of the silence given to the fate of Ms. Miley Riley; another Black woman tortured unto death and after already being victimized and marginalized in this world. Why was the death of Daisy’s mother so quietly ignored? I shared my disdain with my husband, and, to my surprise, his response was not what I was prepared to receive. Why did the police not pursue the criminals diligently for the violent death of Miley Riley? And, why has the Black community not pursued justice in this matter either? Was the news of this awful crime not even put in the newspapers? What ever happened to Daisy’s father? If, in fact, Daisy was informed that her mother was raped and killed by ‘three White men’, well then, somebody knew some other details! Surprisingly to me though, was my husbands’ response when I shared my thoughts with him. He said to me, “You need to look closer. Do you see that Daisy is very light-skinned? So, her mother could have been White or part-White, or maybe her father was White.” Uh oh—I never considered that position of Colorism and White Supremacy and the position of the ‘Colored People’ in the deep south in how they were victimized by the evil motivations of White Supremacist. Oh My God! So, even today, many Baby Boomers don’t talk about their lives back in those times. This story reminds me of one of my favorite movies, a 2003 film, Holes, produced and directed by Andrew Davis, starring the late Eartha Kitt, Shia LaBeouf, Dule Hill and Patricia Arquette. But in this movie where the White girl fell in love with the Black man, it was the Black man that was pursued and killed by a racist White mob, which would be a common crime in the south. But then, the very actress, Eartha Kitt’s personal life’s story sort of strikes at another horror of those times when Colorism becomes wickedly explored and exploited amongst ‘the Colored Race’ on many dark levels of abuse that should have been brought to justice! So although, the story of Miley Riley and Daisy Bates causes me to think about all of these issues, however, it also causes to me to think about how many ‘Colored’ women like Eartha Kitt fell in love with White men due to the unthinkable crimes committed against them by way of African Americans. Based on all of the other stories like these, it seems obvious that this government has not been set up affectively, in all of these hundreds of years, to deal with these kinds of crimes against humanity but at least, Daisy Bates was able to do something positive for her life to combat racial injustice, in a way that gave her some kind of recompense for the anguish she endured. … The unaltered Blossom Plan had gerrymandered school districts to guarantee a black majority at Horace Mann High and a white majority at Hall High. [6] This meant that, even though black students lived closer to Central, they would be placed in Horace Mann thus confirming the intention of the school board to limit the impact of desegregation. [6] The altered plan gave white students the choice of not attending Horace Mann, but didn’t give black students the option of attending Hall. This new Blossom Plan did not sit well with the NAACP and after failed negotiations with the school board; the NAACP filed a lawsuit on February 8, 1956. This lawsuit, along with a number of other factors contributed to the Little Rock School Crisis of 1957. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine By 1957, the NAACP had registered nine black students to attend the previously all-white Little Rock Central High, selected on the criteria of excellent grades and attendance. [2] Called the [“] Little Rock Nine [”], they were Ernest Green (b. 1941), Elizabeth Eckford (b. 1941), Jefferson Thomas (1942-2010), Terrence Roberts (b. 1941), Carlotta Walls LaNier (b. 1941), Minnijean Brown (b. 1941), Gloria Ray Karlmark (b. 1942), Thelma Mothershed (b. 1940), and Melba Pattillo Beals (b. 1941). Ernest Green was the first African American to graduate from Central High School. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine I have come to understand that during the Civil Rights Movement, there were sharp differences of opinion on how racism and White Supremacy should be addressed and, I do question the decision and justification to send select young Black people to an all-White school environment during a time when, previously, White people felt they had that human right, to have an all-White institution protected by law. White Supremacy, in this nature would be a conditioning that was fostered for over a long period of time and now, by sending those young Black kids into their all-White environment, may have furthered the feelings of White Supremacy, not only for White people, but for Black people as well. One of the Little Rock Nine students recalled that they were all told they ‘would have to take a lot and were warned not to fight back if anything happened’. And many years later Daisy recounted in an interview that certain Black reporters were actually killed by the mob on the first day the Arkansas Nine attempted to attend school. The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine When integration began in September 4, 1957, the Arkansas National Guard was called in to [“] preserve the peace [”]. Originally at orders of the governor, they were meant to prevent the black students from entering due to claims that there was [“] imminent danger of tumult, riot and breach of peace [”] at the integration. However, President Eisenhower issued Executive order 10730, which federalized the Arkansas National Guard and ordered them to support the integration on September 23 of that year, after which they protected the African American students. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine I believe that a government in a civilized system should be responsible for the formal education of its people in a safe environment to thrive and learn. The issues of Integration, Segregation and Desegregation, should not lead Black children to be put in harm’s way. However, at that time, Black people who acted under the NAACP and other organizations accepted this approach of Integration and there were new laws that led up to the eventual selection of a handful of Black students selected to deal with integration. These students in Arkansas and elsewhere were enrolled into an all-White learning institution in order to be educated in a multi-cultural environment because the federal laws had been changed due to a supreme court case upon which it was deemed that segregation was unconstitutional. I am absolutely grateful in the federal government and in the step to ‘right a wrong’ about segregation, however, the process in ‘fixing a wrong’ led to young people being placed in a hostile environment, and so I wonder could this have been avoided? Even though the federal government made a bold step to protect the Little Rock Nine by sending out troops, initially, however, that enforcement did not continue. This step of our federal government was heartfelt by certain White people also, and it gave Daisy Lee Bates a pathway to deal with her past life of oppression and the heart rendering death of her mother of which was ignored by the system. And, Daisy also endured more evil treatment from racist due her courage to be a spokesperson for Civil Rights issues and for offering up her house as a safe haven and her help to support the ‘Little Rock Nine’. Not only was she the next person to come to the microphone after the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the March on Washington, however, an elementary school has been named in her honor in Little Rock, Arkansas, a street has been named after her and she has been given many more honors and awards. Following are some references, quotes and brief videos of this story of Daisy Lee Gatson-Bates and the Little Rock Nine. Furthermore, I found it interesting in one video where the film showed an old newspaper clips to suggest that the death of Millie Riley had been reported. Therefore, I decided to do some research on what I saw, and it became clear to me that was deception. In the video, the newspaper clip reported around the time that Daisy was young, that a ‘Negre woman named Minnie Harris, also known as ‘Pete’ was murdered and her body was thrown into a pond nearby the mill’. So, then I searched for more research and have presented some quotes and accounts of Daisy in her memoirs about the life of Millie Riley and the mystery that surrounds her life’s end. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 347 U.S. 483, on May 17, 1954. Tied to the 14th Amendment, the decision declared all laws establishing segregated schools to be unconstitutional, and it called for the desegregation of all schools throughout the nation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine [1] Elizabeth Eckford—Little Rock 9 . Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to support the segregationists on September 4, 1957. The sight of a line of soldiers blocking out the students made national headlines and polarized the nation. Regarding the accompanying crowd, one of the nine students, Elizabeth Eckford, recalled: They moved closer and closer. [[…]] Somebody started yelling. [[…]] I tried to see a friendly face somewhere in the crowd—someone who maybe could help. I looked into the face of an old woman and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at her again, she spat on me. [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine Woodrow Wilson Mann, the mayor of Little Rock, asked President Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration and protect the nine students. On September 24, the President ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army—without its black soldiers, who rejoined the division a month later—to Little Rock and federalized the entire 10,000-member Arkansas National Guard, taking it out of Faubus’s control. [9] … By the end of September 1957, the nine were admitted to Little Rock Central High under the protection of the 101st Airborne Division (and later the Arkansas National Guard), but they were still subjected to a year of physical and verbal abuse by many of the white students. Melba Pattillo had acid thrown into her eyes [10] and also recalled in her book, Warriors Don’t Cry, an incident in which a group of white girls trapped her in a stall in the girls’ washroom and attempted to burn her by dropping pieces of flaming paper on her from above. Another one of the students, Minnijean Brown, was verbally confronted and abused. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine [2] Jefferson Thomas- Little Rock 9 His parents named him after Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. Thomas first attended Horace Mann High School, a segregated all-black school, where he was a track athlete. In 1957, he volunteered to be among the first group of black students to integrate all-white Little Rock Central High School … Thomas narrated the United States Information Agency’s 1964 file Nine from Little Rock. … The goal of this government film, in the context of the Cold War, was to show, to countries concerned about American racism, that progress the United States had made with respect to civil rights. It achieved this goal at least in part as the film received wide acclaim (including an Academy Award) and was distributed to 97 countries. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Thomas … Claiming that Little Rock had to assert their rights and freedom against the federal decision, in September 1958, Faubus signed acts that enabled him and the Little Rock School District to close all public schools. [16] The black community became a target for hate crimes since people blamed them for the closing of the schools. [19] Daisy Bates, head of the NAACP chapter in Little Rock, was a primary victim to these crimes, in addition to the black students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School and their families. [20] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine [3] Minnijean Brown-Trickey –Little Rock 9 In her late 20s, she married Roy Trickey, a white social activist she met while attending South Illinois University. (The interracial marriage, which ended in divorce, was "not a political statement at the time," she says with a laugh, when asked. "Life just happens.") Together, they moved to Canada, so he could avoid the draft during the Vietnam War. In the northern farming community of Kenebeek, Ont., she raised a brood of six children, five of whom she gave birth to at home. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/a-courage-unequalled/article997104/ [4] Charlayne Hunter-Gault—Little Rock 9 Although the Lost Year had come to a close, the black students who returned to the high schools were not welcomed by the other students. Rather, the black students had a difficult time getting past mobs to enter the school, and, once inside, they were often subject to physical and emotional abuse. [24] The students were back at school and everything would resume normal function, but the Lost Year would be a pretext for new hatred toward the black students in the public high school. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader from Arkansas (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies) By Grif Stockley Copyright © 2005 by University Press of Mississippi, Jackson The difficulty with this story is that the Huttig News contains no account of the violent death of a black woman named Riley between the years 1913 and 1920. [17] The paper does briefly mention a story in 1917 about the murder of a young black woman named Minnie Harris whose body was “thrown in the large storage pond” near the mill. [18] A neighbor was arrested, but the story was apparently not followed up. Yet the story that Bate’s mother was raped and killed by white men is often repeated. … page 17 On the subject of Bates’s birth father, Clifford Broughton volunteered, “I think her daddy may have been white.” … For her part, Bates writes in her memoir she was told by her cousin “Early B.” that her “daddy was a light as a lot of white people.” 22 Broughton confirmed Bates’s account of her friendship with “Early B. Broughton,” who was his father’s first cousin. … … her cousin Early B. told her that she looked like her mother, who was, “very pretty, dark brown, with long black hair.” Page 20. https://books.google.com/books?id=v1JEVWpapWkC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=Minnie+Harris,+Huttiq,+Arkansas,+murdered&source=bl&ots=IoQ75Bve3a&sig=ACfU3U1KXteTjKafkVqbnwNwhLh_GZiNWQ&hl=en&ppis=_e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwix4LK1uqvnAhW1l3IEHWnaDSIQ6AEwCnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Minnie Harris%2C Huttiq%2C Arkansas%2C murdered&f=false --- [5] Carlotta Walls-LaNier—Little Rock 9 [6] Ernest Green—Little Rock 9 [7] Gloria Ray Karlmark—Little Rock 0 [8] Thelma Mothershed—Little Rock 9 [9] Melba Pattilo Beals—Little Rock 9 *My Note: Some of my pictures did not post. There is so much that can be presented about each and everyone of the Little Rock Nine, and I hope that more can be presented soon.