KIZA (kee’-za) active n. [from Kiswahili kisa, story.] 1. Story. 2. It’s all about the story.

Black (blak) infinite being [existing before the beginning.] 1. Space, ether, infinity. 2. Color containing all other colors. 3. People embodying space, ether, infinity. 4. Pertaining to the creative substance and all that exists.

Lit (lit) n. [Ebonics; Black English; African American Vernacular English] 1. Literature, spoken and written. 2. Hip, cool and/or energetic. 3. Bright, shining, illuminated, enlightening.

BlackLit (blak-lit) n., v., adj., adv. Brilliant and active literary expressions pertaining to all that exists, created by people who embody space /ether /infinity.


The Evolution of My Revolution
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The Evolution of My Revolution

BY L. ANN JACKSON

It was September 5, 1960 and my first day of school in the first grade at St. Teresa’s, the parish school in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood. There I sat in the middle of the second row at my little desk, arms extended, hands clasped, my back as straight as a soldier’s.

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