All Black Creation
An Abecedarian for Black History Month
Afeni Shakur made a revolution cool.
Booker T. Washington had our minds in school.
Claudette Colvin was a gold medalist for civil rights.
Denzel Washington kept us at the movies all night.
Ernest Green stood up front with the Little Rock Nine.
Frederick Douglass taught everyone how to free our minds.
George Washington Carver used a peanut for creation.
Harriet Tubman built an Underground Railroad to free the nation.
Ida B. Wells was a journalist and queen of science.
Jackie Robinson fought racism in sports with defiance.
Kyrie Irving is a Maverick of basketball.
Langston Hughes was a poet who could write it all.
Malcolm X taught us to have knowledge of self.
Nelson Mandela proved love for humanity is the greatest form of wealth.
Ozzie Davis mixed activism with art.
Patrick Ewing played the game of basketball with all his heart.
Quincy Jones is the master of composing a beat.
Rosa Parks stood for so much just by taking a seat.
Steven Biko gave his life just to see his people free.
Tupac Shakur showed how poetic Hip Hop can be.
Usher Raymond is a music legend who can sing and dance.
Vicki Garvin made sure Pan Africanism had a chance.
Will Smith went from being a prince to a king.
X-Clan made Hip Hop’s Afro centric bell ring.
Yolanda Adams used her voice to serve the Lord.
Ziggy Marley carries his father’s voice of love in his vocal chords.
About the Creator
Joe Patterson
Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
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Beautiful abecedarian! Congrats on Top Story!🥳
Amazing.
Spectacular. 🌞🎶🎼❤️
Way to serve it, Joe! What a voice you have!
This is all levels of AWESOME! Such a great take on the challenge. Kudos for a well-deserved top story Joe!
Happy Black History Month! Your poem is excellent and educational! Congrats on Top story!
This is simply excellent from start to finish! A lesson in a creative poem, I love it!
Loved the poem. Loved the title and the ABC of it. Nice.
Brilliant research and presentation Joe. A strong reminder of our roots and those who achieved and sacrificed. Congrats on TS.
Yesssss! This is amazing. Beautiful, powerful, and with such a gorgeous rhythm. Congratulations on Top Story!! 💗
Creative, powerful, and educating all in one. Epic stuff man!
Powerful and beautifully crafted. Congrats on top story 💖
Fascinating work; a great take on the challenge! Keep up the amazing, insightful work!
Very cool!
Remarkable tribute to the pantheon in 26 lines. Brought a tear to my eye. Thanks and well done on the TS
This was fantastic!!! I loved it so much. Creative and meaningful and educational...wow, Joe!! Congrats on top story for this amazing piece :)
A clean portrayal and linkage. Bravo
Bravo! Your hard work is paying off—keep it up, congratulations!
Fantastic!!! Love it!!! Congratulations on Top Story!!!💕♥️♥️
Wonderful poem of influential and prominent people for African American history!!
Nice job! Kind of abecedarian / list poem combo. Congrats on the Top Story!
Oh this is an anthem, Joe!I really hope the Vocal judges place this somewhere in the list! Well done on this! I felt the energy, power and pride! In my head, I was also tapping out a beat and loooooved the Quincy line, the Will Smith line and Ziggy line especially! :) Congrats on an important Top Story!
WOW This Brilliance in action! You flame-broiled this challenge Joe! I will be nominating this for a TOP STORY nod!
This is wonderfully inspiring. Great work Joe!!!
This was so freaking brilliant! I hope you win