A Black man(escaped slave?), Crispus Attucks, is historically
recorded as the first man to die in/for the American
Revolution... he lay in state and was celebrated at the time...
Attucks was a "Native Black American". In his case Attucks
was, apparently, a mixture of Black and Native American...
American History is full of similar irony and little known
"contribution/building block/deep roots" facts. Native Black
American Ancestors have been involved in EVERY SECOND
of American development/existence.
Native Black American Ancestors have fought/bled/died in
EVERY American war--foreign and domestic. KNOW IT.
Today's "Native Black American" is defined by blood-deep
roots, centuries of being in and of this land--evolving,
contributing and changing along with "America". AND
CHANGING America.
Native Black Americans are a unique and specific people.
If your DIRECT "known" Family roots go back CENTURIES
to slavery...and you are identified as "Black/Negro"---you
are...along with everything else... a "Native Black American".
"Native Black Americans" are unique in America. Distinct. It is
a strength, culture, history and power to build on going
forward. Own it. AW 8-4-21
