Black Women History

I'm not a person who gets inspired easily, it takes something really big to get me going. I woke up to an Angela Davis quote today and three hours later I'm still in bed, still trying getting more acquainted with the icons that made it possible for me and all black women out there to have rights. For the first time in a long time I feel really passionate about something and I'm gonna hold on to this feeling for a long time. After getting to know more about my history, it kinda puts everything into perspective. You have someone like Assata Shakur who fought for you and is now an escaped convict because she stood up for what she believed in, someone like Rosa Parks who now has been reduced to a simple "NO" because that is the only word people make a mockery out of instead of focusing on the kind of impact that simple "NO" did. You have  Angela Davis famously known for her afro and yet there is so much more to the woman than some fashion statement.  There's people like Elaine Brown that were central to the BPP's development, I could go on really so maybe some of you can go read on them, Google them e.t.c but that's only half the reason I'm writing this blog. Tell me after you've known more about these women how do you think they would feel about the type of people we as impressionable teenagers idolize? People like Nicki Minaj who set feminism back a hundred decades?I'm not even gonna get into that at all. I HAVE been inspired people. It feels so good too!! I think I've been struggling with what to do with my life, what to take in school and I know it's something we've all gone through but I finally think I've found what I love to do and what I love to talk about, for that I thank Angela Davis aha. “You cannot look at the success of black people by seeing who is on the front of Ebony magazine or by looking at Oprah. When you consider that only 1 percent of all business revenue comes from black-owned businesses, you have to ask yourself if this class disparity is the kind of society we want"- Elaine Brown quote of the day, go out there, be radical, celebrate black women all over the world. I know if I am ever half a woman as some of these ladies were/are then I would know I lived for a purpose.