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Isaiah Jones vs. the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) Juneteenth 2021: The Griot in Galveston June 19th, 2021, Galveston, Texas/Potter’s Field “This is what the earth taught me.” -JDC “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” -Steve Biko Penelope Stockard Bedowitz wasn’t certain what circle it
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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea: School Daze pt 2 Strange Fruit Reprise: Higher Education in the Age of American Exceptionalism I Only Speak the Truth Professor Damien Iroko Sisulu looked at the freshman class, adjusting his spectacles, then straightened his full Windsor-knotted navy tie with crimson stripes. The steely old ANC/African National Congress
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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea: School Daze pt 1 : Strange Fruit Reprise: Higher Education in the Age of American Exceptionalism; “Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees” — Billie Holiday Penelope Stockard Bedowitz and
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Isaiah Jones versus the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) Day One Grounded; the Wrong side of the Buoy* Chapter 5 Galveston to Key West: prelude; January 1st, 2022 “Same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was, look where my hand was Time isn’t holding up, time isn’t after
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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) The Itinerary Journey from Galveston, Texas, to Ghana: Full Moon Departure: December 31st, 2020 Outward Journey: Day 1: Depart from Galveston, Texas to Key West, Florida Approximate Distance: 1,000 nautical miles Estimated Sailing Time: 6 to 8 days Depart from the Port of Galveston shortly after
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Isaiah Jones vs. the Sea: Juneteenth 2021 Homecoming: “Like Decorations in a Nigger Cemetery” June 19th, 2021, Galveston, Texas/Potters Field ‘Once in a Lifetime’“You may ask yourself, ‘What is that beautiful house?’You may ask yourself, ‘Where does that highway go to?’And you may ask yourself, ‘Am I right, am I wrong?’And you may say to
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Isaiah Jones vs. the Sea: A 21st Century Odyssey “Kill All White People II*” “I’m a nigga you’s a nigga, he’s a nigga, she’s a nigga, wouldn’t you like to be a nigga too?” -NWA “It’s okay to hate white people.” Sascha grinned, you need to free yourself and acknowledge that
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Isaiah Jones versus the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) Chapter 7 The Counting of Things: Time, Life, and the Universal Order* For the last three days she had spent aboard the Exodus since being rescued by Isaiah and his Dogo Argentino, Starbuck, Naomi Galatea Cabala observed the gangly black boys morning ritual that he
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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) chapter 32 excerpt titled “African Rhapsody” from the novel in progress “Isaiah Jones versus the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) by Joey Da’rrell Cloudy; Chapter 32. African Rhapsody* pt 1 of 2 “I can say with no ego, this is my finest sword.” -Hattori Hanzō ‘Bohemian
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Isaiah Jones vs. the Sea: The Sermon on the Bow* The African Atlantic Church of Bone and Ghost 14° 45′ 15.2″ N 32° 55′ 16.8″ W ‘Stuck in the Middle with You’ “Well, I don’t know why I came here tonight. I’ve got the feeling that something ain’t right. I’m so scared in case I