A Juneteenth crossing 250 years of USA aalbc project : Literary Verite

[richardmurray]

I have an idea. I want to start a literary verite ebook series. I have thought about how to engage the aalbc community and I think I see a way finally. 

While I had an idea of starting a comic in the black literature forum , a choose your path comic, I realize a simple truth. The AALBC forum isn't interested in creating arts. Most action in the AALBC forum is critiquing social structure. So, I invite the most active members based on leadership points earned this year to answer the questions at the end of this post. [NOTE: If a better system for finding the most active on aalbc , do tell] Said answers I will collate into a free ebook as an expression of Juneteenth and the start of a series.

@ProfD @Pioneer1 @aka Contrarian @Troy @umbrarchist @Milton @Delano @frankster @Mel Hopkins @Chevdove

I invite those connected to me who are not as active to participate as well.

@Dee Miller @Leah Schanke @Jean2021 @Rosey Lee @Ann Bray Smith @kevinhamiltongsk @Lynette Jackson Love @rosa @aMhayes @DeeSiwisa @Milton @AmmaK

Before I get to the questions I ask two things. 1) all to read the questions completely. Sometimes online , in all forums, in all websites[twitter/youtube/or other], I notice many have this way of answering a question partially, without actually considering the whole question, which leads to dysfunctional answers. 2) answer truthfully plus holistically, no need to hold back, and if you don't comprehend something or all things, say you don't comprehend some or all that is a perfectly valid answer. 

The questions are. 

 

• What is least talked about while most important aspect concerning Juneteenth?
• The usa is going to be two hundred and fifty years old, from White European colonies built on the genocide of indigenous people and the enslavement of black peoples to the most militaristically powerful government in modern humanity while the most multiracial populace living under any government in modern humanity. What is the usa lacking to be the country for all in it, beyond words on paper or laws but through the very desire or heart of all the people in it?
• What is something in the future you will like Black people to do collectively that hasn't been done before, so voting for a black president [ obama] or having a black populace in a city with excellent financial standing [ Tulsa] or having membership in an organization [ like the us army] do not count, those things have been done already?

[Chevdove]

On 6/21/2025 at 7:22 PM, richardmurray said:

What is least talked about while most important aspect concerning Juneteenth?

 

It is difficult to understand this question because I really did not know much about Juneteenth until a few years ago due to being on these kinds of forums.

I came to better understand that this holiday is based on Texas and the slaves that were told there at a late time that they had already been freed. 

 

I also just recently came to understand that Biden is the one who made it a federal holiday but it was celebrated by some way before this time. 

[Chevdove]

On 6/21/2025 at 7:22 PM, richardmurray said:

The usa is going to be two hundred and fifty years old, from White European colonies built on the genocide of indigenous people and the enslavement of black peoples to the most militaristically powerful government in modern humanity while the most multiracial populace living under any government in modern humanity. What is the usa lacking to be the country for all in it, beyond words on paper or laws but through the very desire or heart of all the people in it?

 

 

This government is lacking.

I guess it cannot fulfill the desire of all the people in it because of how it is built up and formed on the basis of human sacrifice. 

So in order for usa to fulfill the desire of all the people in it, therefore, it would have to deal with how it formed and provide some kind of governmental

reparation to go towards the people of whom it exploited and it doesn't seem that will happen. 

 

[richardmurray]

@Chevdove thank you for commenting