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Lumumba Shabazz
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Dec 4, 2021

A Million Little Miracles

Looking over the contours of my life, it is easy to see the misfortunes and tragedies. They are unavoidable. One could easily mistake my family’s lack of material comfort, the scarcity of the dollar and the hardships my mother encountered as a single Black woman raising four children in Brooklyn…

Outside Comfort Zone

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Outside Comfort Zone

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Oct 27, 2020

7 Letters to My Deceased Mother

A Tribute to my Beloved Dear Mother Good morning mother is what i whisper to your empty room every time I walk by And there are days when i am absurdly angry with God when you don’t answer Good morning to the most beautiful saint of…

Motherhood

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Motherhood

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·Jul 8, 2020

The Price of Ignorance

In just five hours, everything can change — At 4:00, every morning, the old woman stirs from her slumber. At 10 past the hour, she ties her white turban over her salt-and-pepper locked hair, kneels in the direction of Lalibela’s rock-strewn temples, clasps her hands, wrings her fingers together so they cannot escape, and she prays for him. …

BlackLivesMatter

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The Price of Ignorance
The Price of Ignorance
BlackLivesMatter

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Jun 12, 2020

A Way Forward by Lumumba Shabazz

A Way Forward by Lumumba Shabazz Every few years, the NCAA allows a collegiate team to travel internationally, and when I became a head coach in 2012, I made it a central part of my program’s philosophy to take advantage of this opportunity. Trips like these are a massive undertaking…

BlackLivesMatter

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A Way Forward by Lumumba Shabazz
A Way Forward by Lumumba Shabazz
BlackLivesMatter

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·May 31, 2020

As a Black Man in America, I Am Done Running

The way white people see me is not how I see myself — You wanna know a secret? Whenever I get stressed, I work. I work a lot. As a soldier during the first Gulf War, I volunteered to burn shit in huge drums of kerosene because it was the only duty that would allow me the freedom and time to ease the…

Racism

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As a Black Man in America, I Am Done Running
As a Black Man in America, I Am Done Running
Racism

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Lumumba Shabazz

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