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Write about a person, place, or thing related to Black History. Dead or alive. Real or imagined. Offensive or uplifting. Make the reader feel deeply about the Black experience in America, even if you are not Black. The winner will receive $50 cash money from me, and be featured on my social media platforms.
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Daddy is not well
I grabbed Daddy's hand, asked him to pick me up to hug him. But he was not well. He kissed me on the head and apologized, but it wasn't his fault.
The overseer came to the house without a knock, he looked at Daddy and said "Boy, I'm gonna whip you this morning."
"I ain't done nothing." Daddy pushed me away from the man's sight- and I stayed there.
"I know it, I'm going to whip you to keep from doing nothing." and he hit him with that cowhide. It would cut the blood out of him with every lick if he hit him hard. And I stayed there: I could hear Daddy, he was loud, he was not well, he was crying.