ソネクア・マーティン＝グリーンさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ソネクア・マーティン＝グリーンInstagram)「A great friend of mine made a post this month about acknowledging what Black history lives in our own homes. What stories, trials, pains and victories are held in the memories of our family members. This was really inspiring to me because I often look outside of myself and my recent history to celebrate Black experiences and contributions to this country. (Thank you so much for that @alyshiasheree ♥️) My Mama, Daddy, and their parents all made everything out of NOTHING. My maternal grandmother picked cotton as a child and was a domestic worker for many years. A lady at the grocery store once said when I was a kid, proudly even, “Your granny sure knew how to pick cotton!” My paternal grandfather was a war veteran, there’s no telling what he endured. My Daddy was told as a child never to “look a White man in the eye.” He was moved by Malcolm X so much as a young man that he joined the Fruit Of Islam Guard in the Nation of Islam. My Mama’s senior year of high school was the year public schools were integrated in my hometown. My parents drank from the “Colored Only” water fountains, were denied access to public places, only went in the back doors, and were forced to sit in the rafters. And I know there are wrenching stories my grandparents never even told. This is where I come from. I salute and celebrate them. Their history is Black history is my history is our history. “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture, is like a tree without roots.” - Marcus Garvey ———————— #blackhistorymonth」3月1日 10時05分