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“I would be a kapok tree by your sideStanding with youboth of us shaped like trees.Our roots hold hands underground,Our leaves touch in the clouds.As a gust of wind passes byWe salute each otherAnd not a soulUnderstands our language.” Shu … Continue reading
© 2017 Melanie Dawn. All rights reserved.
“Opened in 1913, the Lyric Theater quickly became a major entertainment center for blacks in Miami. The 400-seat theater was built, owned and operated by Geder Walker, a black man from Georgia. In 1915 the Miami Metropolis newspaper described the … Continue reading
