APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!

A REVOLUTIONARY Brother. A Political Activist. In his adolescent years, he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King and took part in the busing program to integrate schools. Aaron and his brother Established the first Black Panther Party Chapter outside of California, the Seattle Chapter. Today the spotlight shines on the Former Captain of the Black Panther Party Seattle Chapter.

AARON LLOYD DIXON

Basically, I love the revolution

The REVOLUTION is me, and I'M the REVOLUTION

Let the racist dog pig cease his wanton,

murder of Black People, for REVOLUTION is

inevitable to stop this racist system.

I do believe that as long as I live. I will

be a REVOLUTIONIST. Even after the REVOLUTION,

I will be a REVOLUTIONIST, because reactionaries,

can always stem from the strongest of Past

Revolutionist. There is always a chance of

Paper tigers.

I will tear down this fucking system

whether it be with my hands or an R-15

whether it be with my life or not. I'm

not a Racist, but I have all the reason to be.

The Racist court I have been tried in

is definitely part of the system, and like the

system it will fall.

 APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!

Today, I spotlight a Revolutionary Poem that's hipping you to the Big Black Cat! Written by a Revolutionary Brother, former Black Panther Party member For Self-Defense.

CHICO GRANT

DIG IT BABY

Black Brothers and Black Sisters

Listen to what I say,

The white man is getting funkier

each and every day;

so wake up Black people

Stop playing the fool,

Whitey is out to get you

And he don't play by the rules;

Now you and I both know that

The pig has always been on top,

and to bring him down baby

Will take more than sticks & Rocks;

Come out of the Ghettos

Come out of the Shacks,

Let's get together Brother

And become one hell of a

Big Black Cat. (BLACK PANTHER)

 APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!

Today, the spotlight shines on a Revolutionary Brother. A Revolutionary Poet. A former Black Panther and Political Editor of The Black Panther Party Intercommunal News Service.

J. White

PANTHER POEM

"Tell me about the Panthers"

The pretty sister cried

"I want so much to be Black

I've tried and tried and tried."

Well--The Panther are a party

for people like me and you.

They're trying to get rid of the

racists,

Like Johnson and his Crew.

They base their words on action

and hope for the little man.

They're going to change this

country,

cause the panthers have a plan.

They organize the people

around a common goal,

of liberty, freedom and justice

and the beauty of having a soul.

They stress the need for power.

They demand the right to choose,

When Tom's say let's not fight,

Panthers ask what we got to

lose.

The white man raped your mother

your daughters and sisters too,

and now the coldest shot of all

The man is fucking you.

These devils took our manhood

The Panthers want it back

If we can't get if peacefully

The Panthers will attack.

That's the story of the Panthers.

I think it's quite a lot

When you start looking around

you'll find

They're are the only men you've got.

 

APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!

Today, I honor a Revolutionary Sister. A Political Activist, A Revolutionary Poet. An Author and Recording Artist. A Revolutionary Educator. An Influential Professor. Sarah Webster Fabio taught Black Studies at Merritt College and The University of California, Berkeley. Many of her students were Black Panther Party members.

FREE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

SARAH WEBSTER FABIO

The pen

is a weapon;

it can discharge

volleys of

meaning

hurled toward

the bull's eye

of truth;

It can deafen

the ear with

the roar of

a people's voice

clamoring for

justice.

It can kill

lies emitted

in ink from

oppressor’s presses

making beasts

of holy men

justifying

their slaughters

Black people

righteous men

throw away

those water pistols

what we need

are stoners to

riddle America's

bastions of

bigotry

which have

kept the black

man back

the poor people

poor

the dispossessed

and isolated

estranged from

the mainstream of life.

The pen

has always

been a white

weapon; it

must be wrested

from the oppressor’s

hands by

black power.

It must blast

forth the fire

of black

consciousness,

creating new images

of our people,

by our people,

for our people;

the black panthers

are the holy men

of our time;

they are the

last practitioners

of the judeo-christian

ethic - all others

have turned their

priesthoods into a mafia

protecting not man

but status quo.

Free Huey

Free American justice

Free Leroi

Free creativity & art

Free Rap

Free free speech

Free Bobby

Free love, respect and power

Free Eldridge

Free our souls on ice

Free black panthers,

Free humanism

free black men

Free goodness & honor

Free Hue, now

and Free us all.

APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!

Today, I shine the spotlight on an Iconic, Influential figure, a Revolutionary, a Political Activist, Poet, Author, U.S. Congressional Candidate, National Minister of Defense. Co-Founder of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. A Revolutionary Black Nationalist organization dedicated to black liberation and ending police brutality, empowering Blacks through economics, social, and political means. Without further ado, PUMP YA FIST!

HUEY P. NEWTON

REVOLUTIONARY SUICIDE

By having no family,

I inherited the family of humanity,

By having no possessions,

I have possessed all,

By rejecting the all of one,

I have received the love of all.

By surrendering my life to the revolution,

I found eternal life.

Revolutionary Suicide.

 APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!

It's the 4th annual April Is National Poetry Month Celebration! 30 days of celebrating Black Revolutionary Poets. Normally, I would begin by paying homage to Langston Hughes. Not this year. This is the year of the Big Black Cat! Previously, I have featured MANY of these Revolutionary Brothers and Sisters poems, Assata Shakur, Ericka Huggins, Marvin X, Afeni Shakur, Zayd Malik Shakur, Sonia Sanchez, Eunice Saunders, the list goes on.

Before Black Lives Matter. These Brothers and Sisters were vocal about excessive PIG force and the senseless killings of unarmed BLACK men, the ZOODICIAL SYSTEM, and the RACISM within americkkka. There was the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.

Every day for the month of April, I will post a Panther poem written by a former Black Panther Party member or someone that was closely affiliated.

WARNING: SOME OF THESE POEMS CONTAIN EXPLETIVES: Pigs, whitey, F-bomb's, the n-word, etc.

BEFORE I BEGIN:

I want to give an honorable mention to DIANE di PRIMA.

A Poet, an Author, and Political Activist. A Sister in the Struggle for Black Liberation and contributor of the Black Panther Party Intercommunal News Service that featured many of her badass Revolutionary Letter # poems. A former member of THE WHITE PANTHER PARTY. REST IN PEACE!

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