Phillis Wheatley's 'His Excellency General Washington': A Patriotic Tribute from a Revolutionary Black Poetess
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“Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy side, Thy ev’ry action let the Goddess guide. A crown, a mansion, and a throne that shine, With gold unfading, WASHINGTON! Be thine.” —Phillis Wheatley We have heard a great deal in the last year about “celebrating black voices.” Now, there is no one who is more in favor of celebrating black American voices than I am. The only aspect I find frustrating is how, so often, the “black voices” being celebrated are only modern leftists, many of them (let's face it) producing very mediocre or even garbage art, like Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. But America has a wealth of magnificent examples of black artists and black voices who are being ignored or even openly ridiculed by moderns (Reynolds’ and Kendi’s
Phillis Wheatley's 'His Excellency General Washington': A Patriotic Tribute from a Revolutionary Black Poetess
Phillis Wheatley's 'His Excellency General…
Phillis Wheatley's 'His Excellency General Washington': A Patriotic Tribute from a Revolutionary Black Poetess
“Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy side, Thy ev’ry action let the Goddess guide. A crown, a mansion, and a throne that shine, With gold unfading, WASHINGTON! Be thine.” —Phillis Wheatley We have heard a great deal in the last year about “celebrating black voices.” Now, there is no one who is more in favor of celebrating black American voices than I am. The only aspect I find frustrating is how, so often, the “black voices” being celebrated are only modern leftists, many of them (let's face it) producing very mediocre or even garbage art, like Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. But America has a wealth of magnificent examples of black artists and black voices who are being ignored or even openly ridiculed by moderns (Reynolds’ and Kendi’s