There's Something About a Black Woman
From the beginning
of time, throughout the centuries, until this present age, black women have
been something else. Our beauty lies in our diversity. We have been called
Cleopatra, Nefertiti, Mary, Ruth, Sapphire and La Sheneeka. Our skin may be the
color of French vanilla ice cream or it could be the tones of deepest ebony. We
may have flowing silk-like hair or a curly fro.
There is something
about a Black Woman!
We have rocked
cradles, cooked collard greens, sewed, washed clothes, cleaned other people's
houses and still helped build a nation.
There is something
about a Black Woman!
We have been
depressed, repressed, distressed and oppressed, yet not only have we survived,
we have thrived.
There is something
about a Black Woman!
With full lips and
swaying hips, we have left the cotton fields and moved into
the white house.
There is something
about a Black Woman!
Dorothy Height, Mahalia Jackson and Coretta Scott King have gone to glory
But Maya, Oprah and Michelle continue to live our story
The poets have
declared it, Luther has sung it, the writers have documented it and the angels
proclaim it-
There is something
about a Black Woman!
Aunties, mothers,
sisters, sistah-girls, godmothers, nieces and daughters we make this world a
brighter place. We put the w
in wonderful and the m in magnificent.
There is something
about a Black Woman!
My brothers don't
try to understand it, it's too deep. Just love us, celebrate us and thank God
every day for the black women in your lives.
Hallelujah, there is
something about a Black Woman!
~Dr. Pam DeVeaux
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