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Messages to the Black Man

Messages to the Black Man

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Apr 16, 2023
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Sometimes it doesn’t matter what kind of [black] man I think I am. Sometimes I don’t care to know. Most of the time I don’t care what kind of [black] man others think I should be. But I’d wager that I’ve been a free man ever since I was bold enough to call myself a man. Even before then, when I was a kid, I had some strong feelings that still inform my …

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