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Tupac Amaru Shakur — “I'm Losing It… We MUST Unite!”
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Start at 1619. Move forward.
The Arc is the spine of this project: 40 essays, one chronological argument, five analytical lenses.
The Arc / Observations
The running argument. Read the core sequence as one sustained line of thought.
Curated Black Media Digest
Supplementary reading, media, and adjacent material.
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Monument
What is formally commemorated and what that public memory hides.
History
What was structurally done, built, justified, and enforced.
Witness
Testimony, lived experience, and what the record sounds like from inside it.
Culture
How the archive speaks through literature, music, church, language, and art.
Present
How the machinery persists now: policy, power, memory, and consequence.
This site should read like a structured archive, not a loose category list. The Arc is the entry point; the lenses help you move through it with intention. Empty sections stay hidden until they are live.
Sunday, May 12, 2019
2018 Veterans Day Week ~ Honoring African Americans at the SF Presidio
… the patriotism of African American soldiers was not … hypocritical attitudes toward African Americans among many white … secret communiqué concerning African-American troops sent to … complementary EDSITEment lesson, African American Soldiers After World War …