A friend of mine recently posted on Facebook that she’d participated in the protests for days and after seeing someone damage a monument of Abraham Lincoln, she took a closer look around. Most, she said, were there protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Others were asking for the defunding of police and some just wanted to stir trouble.
Trelani Michelle
My great-grandma's version of freedom was escaping the plantation she'd sharecropped all her life. My grandma's was never biting her tongue. My mama's was not depending on a man. Mine is a blend of all three: leaving any environment I deem toxic, migrating as I please, speaking my mind in person and on paper, and earning a living doing so for myself and my babies. Dig it? Go to TrelaniMichelle.com for more