Before the age of seven I saw four men shot to death. Their lives had value, but in a 
community under assault since the founding of the country, that value is still a national topic. My elders and I have marched to be recognized and to have God given freedoms in this country, like to sit at a lunch counter, vote and pursue a life of full equality. Yet, we come from a community where everyone knows someone who has died from the devastating killer, AIDS. It’s a community where you know several people serving jail terms. In our community mothers cry and bury their sons in massive numbers. In this 400 hundred year old fight, we still feel we must remind people that “Black Lives Matter.”
I petitioned the leaders and asked, “Is there an orientation other than the plantation that has value?” What can we teach ourselves and the world about the children of Africa that has value? Ancestral value of any kind seems to be the missing narrative. I am a historical enthusiast by nature. So, I went to the “Book of Records”, and sought the beginning — and in the ancient testimonial account I saw the value of all the nations created by God. Even today you read about Shem’s children and Japheth’s children, and you see them today on and off the screen having great wealth. But where is the narrator that speaks of Ham’s children?
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