“But, Martin, on this day, your 54th birthday--with all the reversals--we have learned that black is the beginning of everything. it was black in the universe before the sun; it was black in the mind before we opened our eyes; it was black In the womb of our mother; black is the beginning. and if we are the beginning we will be forever.”

A Letter to Dr. Martin Luther King, Sonia Sanchez

taken from Homegirls & Handgrenades

(i felt the spirit move when i read this)