Lord, please protect black men
Who have carried our cross in America for too long
Who watch birds
Who design and build bridges
Who invent
Who teach
Who raise children
Who write music
Who play the saxophone, trumpet, piano, drums, tuba, bass, and violin.
Lord, please protect black men. Like the brilliant and generous black men who have protected, taught, helped, and guided me. I’m thinking of, and celebrating and feeling immense gratitude for:
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- Barry Harris
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- Harry Pickens
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- Kenny Barron by Galbinski
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- Walter Perkins
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- Knoel Scott by Enid Farber
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- Bob Stewart by Galbinski
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- Amiri Baraka
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- Harold Ousley
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- Howard Johnson
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- Marion Cowings
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- Dwayne "Cook" Broadnax
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- David F. Gibson by Galbinski
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- Wynton Marsalis
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- Dr. Horace Boyer
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- Michael Flythe
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- Sir Roland Hanna
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- Vincent Pelote
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- Hank Jones
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- Keith Copeland
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- Illinois Jacquet
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- Bross Townsend
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- Eli Yamin and Damien Sneed at Mesa Arts Center, Arizona
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- Jaki Byard
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