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from KING to PRESIDENT:
yOUR story*

   
As often as things change, things often remain the same.
There was a time in our story when we had a king,
Whose rule was a divine right with a divine reign.
George the First, George the Second and George the Third
Were Hanoverian Kings who were America's scourge,
Despite having the first and last word.
“No taxation without representation”,
Made the colonists speak with trepidation.
Dr. Ben Rush was the 1st to call them an American nation.
 
Out of the Colonial evolution,
Came the American Revolution,
Which proved to be the ultimate solution.
The world knows of the suffering at Valley Forge,
And the maneuvers to please the 3rd George,
Which paved the way for the election of the 1st George.
The slave owning rumor was persistent.
Yet, America went from king to president,
An achievement without precursor or precedent.
 
The “Intolerable Acts” defined our treatment in the 1750’s & 60’s.
Intolerable acts defined our treatment in the 1950’s & 60’s.
Civil unrest is the same whether it's Shay's or Whiskey's.
“No taxation without representation” was a renewed cry,
Which led one courageous man to ask why,
In the trenches of civil rights must we die.
For far more than 200 years,
America confronted and conquered folk’s fears.
The Dream did not come without shedding some tears.
 
He hailed the hilltops from which freedom could ring
We no longer had a king, but we had a KING,
Who sang, “Lift Every Voice and sing.”
These lyrics are not just your story,
But, they comprise our story,
Which is illustrious and filled with glory.
 
Despite unrest and social disgust
From Pitt to Park’s ride on a Montgomery bus
Political correctness has become a must.
The greatest theme in U. S. History
Was not and is not a mystery.
Success involves endeavors that are risky.
From George III to the First George,
From the 3rd George to Olduvai Gorge
From king to president has been an American urge.
 
*Be you red, yellow, white, black or any other race, if you are an American—then From king to president is your story.”  This theme marks the transition of the land from colonies to a nation.  It is the triumphant sojourn of a man called KING to the election of a Black man we call PRESIDENT.
 
I created and defined the term Afr-i-can Amer-i-can with the 1986 poem by the name of “I CAN”.
As I then re-defined Black folks, I now re-define the parameters of African American History by decreeing that “FROM KING TO PRESIDENT” is the permanent theme of any commemoration that uses my brainchild “AFRICAN AMERICAN”.  



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