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From YouTube: February 13, 2020 Black History Month Event
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Celebration of Black History Month - Empowering Youth
A
Good
afternoon
everybody
and
welcome
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis
Black
History
Month
celebration,
we're
going
to
be
celebrating
all
through
March
every
Thursday
12
o'clock
right
here
today
is
our
second
celebration.
The
theme
for
this
year's
Black
History
Month
celebration
is
activate,
empower
and
raise
your
voice
and
the
theme
for
today's.
A
A
A
A
Sure
Cooke
started
love,
petite,
Jolie
or
excuse
me
la
Jolie,
petits
I
said
the
wrong
way:
School
of
Dance
in
1997,
reaching
out
to
young
girls
by
providing
them
the
best
technical
training
in
ballet,
modern,
lyrical
and
African
dance.
La
Petite
show
they
are
less
Joel.
A
petite
school
of
dance
believes
that
when
youth
are
continually
reminded
of
their
self-worth,
while
engaging
in
fun,
creative
exercise,
potential,
emotional
and
physical
problems
are
prevented.
A
They
were
taught
muttering
and
ballet
by
top
professional
instructors
as
instructors
as
well
as
Alvin
Ailey
company
Dada,
the
dancers
which
is
now
being
taught
to
les
you're
late
petite
school
of
dance
students.
The
school
strives
to
provide
his
students
a
much-needed
example
of
african-american
leadership
and
talent
in
the
world
of
dance.
Unless
you're,
a
petite
school
of
dance
offer
scholarships
to
buried
and
grieving
children.
Students
can
also
participate
in
transportation
program
that
provides
pick-up
and
drop-off
services.
A
That's
French,
you
understand
all
right.
Our
next
performer
spoken
word.
Artist
goes
by
the
name
of
Mayo
the
heart
of
the
struggle.
Mayo
Garner
was
born
and
raised
in
Inglewood
California
and
began
writing
poetry
at
10
years
of
age.
Before
moving
to
the
Twin
Cities,
tired
of
having
emotions
such
as
loss
and
grief
built
up
inside
mail
took
the
poetry,
is
a
positive
outlet.
Seeing
his
talent
early,
a
homegirl
of
males
asked
him
to
promise
her
that
he
would
take
his
writing
seriously.
A
B
Everybody
doing
I
got
three
pieces
for
y'all,
first
ones
called
never
lose
hope.
I
want
y'all
to
close
your
eyes
now.
Imagine
how
the
world
would
be
if
no
one
believes
in
God,
so
without
hope,
then,
when
we
all
live
in
so
maybe
that's
the
reason
why
some
of
us
live
life
with
no
common
sense,
but
don't
blame
us
because
we
just
getting
back
to
the
world
gave
us
I
came
on
my
mother
wound
with
no
place
to
stay
before
streams.
B
It's
like
God
didn't
have
a
plan
for
me
and
she
said
she
could
have
been
praying
for
better
days,
but
she
ready
choose
me
and
she
did
and
I
left
her
with
a
broken
heart.
Now
she
bared
her
tears
on
every
man's
test,
hoping
that
she
could
find
love
again
see
I
came
from
a
block.
Full
of
cocaine
was
to
hope,
but
I
knew
some
homies
that
turning
life
to
the
Lord
until
I
realized
God
ain't,
never
dead,
then
they
lost
hope.
Then
it
began
snorting
coke.
B
Then
he
dreams
went
out
the
window
and
I
try
to
tell
them
to
slow
down,
but
they
just
stared
in
my
eyes
and
said
male.
What's
the
point
in
keeper
trying
we
just
all
meant
to
die?
What's
the
point
of
giving
a
about
the
world
when
the
world
don't
give
a
about
us
and
if
I
knew
what
I
knew
now
I
woulda
turn,
the
point
is
to
never
lose
hope,
not
a
sayin
the
prison
doing
life
until
this
day,
I
still
write
him
letters,
but
doing
anything
they
write
back
with
its
never
lose
hope
see.
B
B
So
the
hood
stays
in
them
where
everyone
trying
to
stop
the
other
child
I
cry
the
other
child
that
dies
where
every
black
man
is
to
blame
folk
for
cooking
his
vibing
with
drugs
and
violence,
but
they
just
give
us
some
wings
to
fly
away,
but
maybe
there
won't
be
smiie.
Maybe
there
won't
be
so
many
gotta
birds
dying
that
maybe
we
learned
to
give
a
about
the
world
when
the
world
learns
to
give
a
about
us.
I
want
y'all
to
open
your
eyes.
B
B
My
second
poem
is
the
world's
bloody
hungry.
I
know
this
sounds
broken,
but
the
place
that
traumatized
me
as
a
child
I
still
consider
that
my
home
bear
piss
asking
me
why
I
replied
because
the
people
I
love
the
most
still
lives
there.
You
grew
from
a
crack
called
blackness
crack
babies
growing
up
selling
crack
so
either
together.
You
emerged
from
blackness
no
looking
back.
You
called
me
here
didn't
ask
me
how
the
city
is
going.
I
told
you,
the
city
is
restless.
The
pain
is
grown.
There's
no
love
in
this
place.
B
He's
like
a
dog
in
a
cage
barking,
an
anger.
He
would
kill
just
to
get
a
taste
of
freedom
like
a
rat
in
a
maze,
he's
lost.
How
can
these
young
prevail
when
mama
struggled
on
her
own
and
daddy's
a
rolling
stone?
The
rich
kids
got
the
blueprint
to
success.
What
I
bother
me!
This
is
money.
Hunger,
criminal
mindset
goes
back
to
anxious
days
while
ancestor
were
slaves.
B
They'll
do
anything
to
rise
above
the
oppression,
even
if
they
had
to
kill
or
steal
white
man
pen
to
black
men's
in
a
cage,
stand
back,
watch
them
kill
each
other
for
the
wealth,
bloody
murder.
All
I
see
is
bloody
murder
scheme
and
smoke
bombs
and
protester
the
tongue
is
silenced.
We
just
thought
up
a
fish
to
let
them
know
our
freedom
is
ours
in
the
bloody
eyes
you
can
see.
Violence
before
my
mother
puts
our
life.
She
screams
bloody
murder.
B
B
My
grandfather
used
to
say
to
me:
the
Arthur
is
born
into
a
heart
as
a
black
man,
and
his
stories
left
behind
written
in
ink
spelled
with
Penitentiary's
full
of
rage
of
love
lection.
If
I
asked
you
to
describe
a
black
man,
what
would
be
your
first
thought
of
me?
Would
it
be
a
foreclosure
home
for
the
nuts
things
or
crack
babies
and
absent
fathers,
a
madman
the
only
nod
to
react
to
violence
aggressively?
He
doesn't
know
how
to
control
his
emotion.
B
So
every
word
she
says
things
like
a
beat,
so
he
puts
his
hands
around
her
throat
and
every
time
she
tries
to
speak,
he
grips
until
she
can't
breathe.
It's
not
the
black
man.
The
black
man,
you
see
because
I
was
told.
I
was
a
reflection
on
my
nothing
eyes.
Father
I
was
to
blame
for
not
killing
myself
in
my
mother's
wound.
I
just
sat
there
and
louder
to
push
me
out
in
the
door.
I
knew
I
would
have
to
prove
to
my
mother
to
the
black
woman
to
America.
B
That
I
was
more
than
just
a
black
man
with
a
blunt
and
a
gun,
but
a
heart
that
crossed
silence
see
at
night
when
no
one's
awake,
I'm
told
story
only
black
man's
tell
themselves
because
inside
his
untold
story
is
about
a
black
man
that
kept
repeatedly
panting
a
gun
to
his
head.
But
he
couldn't
get
herself
to
pull
the
trigger,
because
if
he
did,
then
they
would
have
considered
him
a
collar
and
if
he
didn't,
he
still
would
have
been
worthless
and
mom
to
blame
for
all
these
broken
homes.
A
A
Tracy
Williams
Diller
grew
up
in
the
newspaper
business,
starting
from
the
time
she
was
8
years
old,
running
the
address
of
gravel
Abel
maker,
which,
by
the
way,
is
on
display
right
around
the
corner.
Here
for
her
grandfather,
Cecil
Newman
founding
publisher
of
the
mineus
minnesota
spokesman
recorder,
she
has
literally
worked
her
way
up
to
being
the
newspapers.
Current
publisher
and
chief
executive
officer
Tracy
grew
up
understanding
the
credo
of
the
Black
Press,
which
still
hangs
on
the
wall
of
her
office
in
South
Minneapolis.
That
credo
goes.
A
A
When
she
steps
foot
over
the
threshold
of
the
MS
our
office,
which
is
which
were
designated
as
a
local
historic
landmark
in
2015,
she
understands
the
duty
entrusted
to
her
to
tell
the
story
of
the
black
community.
When
many
corporate
publications
still
fail
to
do
so.
Black
people
claim
their
history
when
it
is
recorded.
The
black
press
is
like
history.
A
But
that's
not
all
she
does.
Tracy
has
served
on
several
local
boards,
including
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
the
Minneapolis
n-double-a-cp
Southside
community
collaborative
the
America
african-american
AIDS
Project
Twin
Cities
African
American,
Leadership,
Forum,
Twin,
Cities,
Public
Television,
and
the
global
Women's
Network
Tracy
is
also
the
founder
of
sister
spokesmen,
a
group
that
offers
women
of
color
a
monthly
opportunity
to
network
and
learn
from
a
wide
range
of
guest
speakers
and
expert
panelists.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
Tracy
Williams.
C
C
I
also
want
to
thank
councilman
Jenkins
for
for
recognizing
them
SR
and
making
sure
that
we're
in
this
building
today
for
you
to
see
it,
and
then
I
also
want
to
thank
Velma
with
the
city
civil
rights
department,
who
came
to
my
office
and
worked
two
days
tirelessly
pulling
together
all
the
artifacts
and
the
old
pictures
and
everything
that
you'll
get
a
chance
to
see
this
afternoon.
So,
let's
give
them
all
a
round
of
applause.
C
Nope
goes
further
back
than
that.
Even
we
go
all
the
way
back
to
nineteen
to
1829
and
the
first
african-american
newspaper
was
called
the
freedom
journal
and
it
was.
It
was
first
owned
and
operated
by
the
African
Americans,
the
two
gentlemen
that
owned
it
was
John,
Russian
and
Samuel
Cornish,
and
the
first
published
edition
came
out
March
the
16th
of
18,
actually
27,
and
it
ran
until
1829.
C
One
of
the
reasons
of
freedom
journal
existed
is
similar
to
today.
When
we
talk
about
how
the
provides
readership
for
regional,
national
and
international
news
with
news
that
could
serve
to
both
entertain
and
educate,
it
also
sought
to
improve
conditions
for
over
300,000
newly
freed
black
men
and
women
living
in
the
north.
That's
why
that
paper
got
started.
C
So
my
grandfather
started
a
lot
like
some
of
the
youth
today
that
weren't
they
great
they
did
a
great
job.
Let's
give
them
another
round
of
applause,
so
so
we're
talking
today
about
empowering
the
youth,
the
youth
always
empowers
and
inspires
me
I
enjoy
doing
things
with
the
youth.
My
grandfather
started
the
newspaper
when
he
was
8
years
old.
Actually
didn't
start
this
newspaper.
C
He
started
a
newspaper
when
he
was
8
years
old
in
school
and
it
was
a
1
just
a
1,
8
and
1/2
by
11
sheet
of
paper
that
his
school
had
at
that
time.
When
I
look
at
the
similarities
and
my
grandfather
and
myself
I
started
working
at
the
Minnesota's
function.
Recorder
then
known
as
the
Minneapolis
spokesmen
in
the
st.
Paul
recorder
and
I
started
when
I
was
8
years
old.
C
So
as
I
was
reading,
this
book
I
was
starting
to
see
the
connection
between
him
and
I
and
it
was
very
interesting,
but
he
started
Minnesota
Minneapolis
spokesman
in
downtown
Minneapolis
in
the
st.
Paul
recorder
downtown
st.
Paul.
Now
my
grandfather
was
a
forward
thinker,
so
he
often
said
that
he
in
the
book
he
said
I
didn't
have
enough
money
to
start
one
newspaper,
so
I
started
to
and
I'm
like
I,
don't
quite
get
the
logic,
but
as
I
thought
about
it,
I
realized
what
he
was
that
it
was
double
income.
C
C
And
my
uncle
Wallace
Jack
Jackman
on
her
side
we're
running
working
with
her
at
the
paper,
all
along
as
I
was
but
I
was
in
and
out
of
school
going
to
college
and
that
kind
of
thing
in
2009
I
was
talking
to
my
grandmother
and
the
staff
there,
because
I
kind
of
had
self-appointed
myself
as
the
office
manager,
and
we
were
talking
about
how
the
african-american
community
has
grown.
So
it's
it's
not
just
Minneapolis
and
it's
not
just
st.
Paul.
C
We
have
african-americans
that
allow
live
in
Detroit
I
mean
Duluth,
Rochester,
Mankato
different
area,
so
I
wanted
all
the
African
Americans
to
feel
this
was
the
third
paper
as
well,
so
if
they
weren't
in
just
the
two
demographic
areas
that
they
didn't
feel
that
so
we
urged
them
to
become
one.
And
today
it's
called
the
Minnesota
spokesman
recorder
newspaper.
So
when
we
talk
about
the
Knossos
folks
from
the
court
of
the
Minnesota,
Court
has
done
many
things
over
the
years
to
inspire
the
youth.
C
My
grandfather,
actually
when
he
first
was
starting
the
newspaper
a
lot
of
the
youth
and
the
neighborhood
would
stop
by
and
visit
him
and
he
always
took
the
time.
I
know
one
of
the
gentlemen.
Philip
prophet
was
telling
me
a
story.
He
was
a
troubled
kid
in
school
and
he
was
in
school
at
Central,
High
brought
the
street
from
the
spokesman
office
and
his
teachers
was
like.
You
know
what
you're
disruptive,
here's
a
pen
and
paper
go
interview,
someone
in
the
neighborhood
and
you
know
cuz
right
now-
you're
causing
too
much
chaos
in
the
classroom.
C
So
he
said
he
was
on
his
way
home
and
he
happened
to
stop
by
the
spokes
walked
past
the
spokesman
office
and
he
looked
at
me
because
I
don't
know
what
this
is.
Maybe
I'll
go
in
here,
so
he
walks
into
the
spokesmen
office
and
the
woman
at
the
front
desk
greets
them
and
he
goes
hi.
I
guess
I
need
the
interview
somebody
she
goes.
What
do
you
mean
you
guess
or
what
is
this
he's
like
annuities?
It's
a
newspaper
and
he
goes
okay.
Well
then,
she
said:
would
you
like
to
interview
the
publisher?
C
He's
like
the
publisher
and
he's
thinking
no
way
you
know
so
my
they
taken
me
in
and
introduced
to
my
grandfather.
He
tells
me
the
story
he
said
he
walked
in
and
he
kind
of
sloped
down
in
the
chair
and
he
kind
of
sitting
back
because
he's
not
really
wanting
to
be
there
and
my
grandfather
said.
So.
What
is
your
name?
And
then
he
goes
so
my
name
is
Philip
Crawford.
He
goes
mr.
Crawford.
Please
sit
up
I'm
mr.
C
Newman
and
I
want
to
talk
to
you,
so
he
gave
him
a
sense
of
pride
just
saying
calling
him
by
mr.
Crawford.
He
said
that
he'll
never
forget
that
story.
So
as
people
come
through
the
walk
past
a
spokesman
or
come
in
the
spokesman,
young
people
I
always
take
time
because
we
never
know
how
we
can
empower
one
young
person
by
just
taking
that
time
to
give
them.
So
it's
always
important
for
me
to
give
the
young
folks
today
as
much
time
as
they
need.
C
C
You
feel
welcome
so
that,
as
you
are
going
through
life
and
you're
starting
to
get
your
education
and
you
look
back
at
them
as
are
you
may
consider
that
as
a
place
that
you
want
to
work
and
write
one
day
and
we
encourage
you
to
continue
to
carry
the
voices
that
my
grandfather
has
carried
over
the
many
years
in
in
the
storytelling
of
the
Black
Press
is
phenomenal
and
unfortunately
some
of
the
stories
are
repeating
themselves.
So
my
grandfather
had
to
talk
a
lot
about
writing
the
wrong.
C
There
was
a
lot
of
things
going
on
in
the
black
community.
Then
that
made
him
need
the
right
to
newspaper
as
a
matter
of
fact,
when
he
left
Kansas
City
Missouri,
when
he
was
17
to
come
to
Minnesota
to
start
the
papers,
he
knew
that
Kansas
City
didn't
give
him
the
opportunity,
so
he
needed
to
come
to
the
know
where
you
fell.
He
had
more
of
an
opportunity
one
of
his
experiences.
He
said
when
he
first
came
to
Minnesota.
He
went
to
a
restaurant,
ordered
a
hamburger
and
it
was
laced
with
salt.
D
C
C
We
also
have
a
street
that's
right
behind
Kmart
on
right
off
of
Lake
Street.
That's
named
after
my
grandfather,
Cecil
Newman
Lane
just
recently,
however,
which
I'm
super
proud
of,
but
the
work
of
Zoe
zebra
in
I
mean
and
I'm
councilman
Jenkins
they've
ended
up
helping
us
to
get
the
street
named
after
my
grandmother's.
So
now,
4th
Avenue
is
named
Dale
a
eunuch.
You
Newman
way.
C
So
when
I
think
about
all
the
historical
things
that
are
happening,
we're
celebrating
85
years,
we
got
the
historical
landmark
for
the
building.
Now
the
4th
Avenue
is
named
from
36
to
40.
Second,
after
my
grandmother,
and
now
we
have
this
huge-
exhibit
that
you're
going
to
get
a
chance
to
see
this
afternoon.
That's
right
here
in
City
Hall,
and
it's
been
here
for
the
whole
month.
It
started
January,
31st
and
they're,
keeping
it
all
the
way
til
the
end
of
this
month.
C
Did
see
mayor
Frey
here
a
minute
ago,
as
he's
still
here
with
us,
he
stepped
away.
He
had
just
seen
him
okay,
but
yeah.
I
just
had
noticed
that
he
stopped
in
here
to
see
us,
but
the
other
things
that
we
do
is
we
provide
stories
and
from
local
writers
that
attend
events,
so
we're
actually
providing
you
with
real
news.
They
attend
the
events
they're
part
of
the
community.
They
tell
the
stories
that
are
not
covered
by
mainstream
media,
which
is
why
we
need
to
exist
today.
C
We
create
regional
content
that
provides
unique
information
through
our
readership,
with
regular
columnist,
which
write
on
heels
like
our
one
and
only
dr.
Crutchfield.
We
got
dr.
golden.
We
got
charles
home
and
larry
fitzgerald
mitch
mcdonald,
who
write
on
our
sports
page.
We
got
dr.
Hightower,
vina
cave,
which
does
voices
for
racial
justice
along
with
Kevin
Rees.
C
So
as
we
look
out
today
in
the
talk
about
inspiring
the
youth,
we
hope
that
you
make
sure
to
grab
some
papers
that
we
do
have
in
the
exhibit.
Today.
Take
a
look
at
the
paper.
You
see
yourselves
and
I'm
in
a
different
form.
Absolutely
he's
waving
a
paper
back
there
now,
but
we're
always
writing
about
the
community,
whether
it's
the
youth,
whether
it's
things
that
are
going
on
that
we
need
that.
You
need
to
be
informed
about.
C
We
hope
our
stories
and
educate
and
enlighten
you
and
inspire
you
to
be
couldn't
become
the
young
people
and
the
adults
that
you
will
become
one
day
and
we're
proud
to
have
you
as
far
as
our
community
and
anytime.
You
want
to
stop
in
and
say
hello
to
me
at
the
Minnesota
motion
recorder,
I,
welcome
you
and
my
staff
welcomes
you
and
we
all
open
our
doors
to
anybody.
E
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I'm
Velma,
Korbel
and
I,
had
the
pleasure
of
spending
some
days
with
Tracy
and
her
staff
back
in
January
collecting
all
of
the
newspapers
and
artifacts
that
you'll
see
in
the
exhibit.
And
for
me
it
really
became
a
labor
of
love
because,
as
as
I
was
there,
there
was
another
young
man
there
from
Minneapolis
Institute
of
Art
Donald,
Thomas
I,
don't
know
if
he's
here,
definitely
and
Cole,
who
was
a
city
of
Minneapolis,
employee
and
raising
equity,
was
in
the
in
the
building
with
me
it
just.
It
was
a
lot
of
fun.
E
And
you
see
the
people
behind
these
institutions
and
the
love
and
the
hard
work
and
the
dedication
that
has
caused
an
institution
like
the
many
Minnesota
spokesman
recorder
to
have
existed
for
the
last
85
years.
It
was
just
it
just
turned
out
to
be
a
lot
of
fun
for
me
and
and
I
want
to
thank
Tracy
and
her
team
for
welcoming
us
and
into
the
building
but
I'm
here
today,
because
about
five
years
ago
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
E
Do
his
civil
rights
department
created
an
award
called
the
history
makers
at
home,
and
this
year,
Tracy
Williams
Dillard
is
being
awarded
a
history
maker
at
home,
and
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
the
award
ceremony
is
actually
next
Thursday
at
noon
right
here
in
the
rotunda,
but
I
wanted
to
make
sure,
because
Tracy
has
her
mother
here
and
friends
here
and
I.
Think
her
daughter
eventually
found
a
parking
space
and
made
it
here,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
present
it
Tracy
her
award
today.
E
While
we
have
people
here
from
the
supposed
to
recorder
and
and
folks
from
her
family
who
can
help
her
celebrate
this,
so
I
want
to
invite
Tracy
up,
and
this
is
kind
of
an
awkward
little
setup
here.
So
hopefully
we
won't
trip
over
cables
or
what
so
you,
okay,
so
so
bright.
It's
gonna
grab
it
for
me,
so
we're
gonna
present
Tracy
Williams
Dillard
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis
history,
maker
at
home
award
and
so
we'll
come
over
here
in
case.
Anybody
wants
to
take
a
picture.
E
So
I
also
want
to
make
an
appeal
to
those
of
you
who
are,
you
know,
doing
budgets
and
financing
and
policymaking
all
the
things
that
you
do.
One
of
the
things
that
I
realized
when
I
was
over
the
supposed
to
record.
Our
offices
is
this
first
newspaper
that
that
Tracy's
grandfather
published
was
August,
10th
1934
and
we
have
it
in
the
exhibit.
E
Don't
know:
do
a
renovation
over
at
the
supposed
recorders
offices,
so
there's
some
climate
control
storage
space
for
those
things,
because
before
the
age
of
digitization,
those
newspapers
tell
our
history
and
we
need
to
preserve
that
history,
because
in
the
masthead
of
the
spokesman
recorder
it
says,
as
it
is
spoken
let
it
be
recorded
and
we
need
to
preserve
that
history,
so
I'm,
making
an
appeal
to
anybody.
Who's
within
listening
distance
know
leverage
your
network.
C
C
Take
a
very
heartwarming
and
I
appreciate
it
greatly
now
Velma
told
me,
then:
I
come
back
down
next,
Thursday
and
and
I'll
be
a
part
of
the
whole
group
of
six
that's
receiving
the
award,
so
I
hope
those
have
lunch
down
here.
You
come
back
I'll,
be
here
next
Thursday
to
get
the
other
award
that
goes
along
with
this,
so
I
got
a
double
one,
so
in
the
meantime
I.
Thank
you
so
much
Velma.
Thank
you!
C
So
much
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
thing
you
all
for
coming
out
and
spending
your
afternoon
with
me
on
your
lunch,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
you
got
to
get
back
to
work
for
those
of
you
who
don't
have
to
leave
right
away.
We're
gonna,
take
a
tour
down
there
to
the
exhibit
and
I'll
be
able
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
things
in
the
exhibit
along
the
way.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
A
F
Try
that
again,
how
you
all
doing
this
afternoon,
good
good,
so
my
name
is
Quintin
bonds
at
Patrick,
Henry
I
am
our
family
and
community
liaison
and
public
relations
coordinator
by
day
every
day
right,
but
I,
also
coach,
the
Patrick,
Erie
high
school
elite
step
team
through
our
beacons,
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
something
that
really
I'm
really
excited
about.
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment,
and
we
think
about
step.
F
It's
a
really
unique
art
form
where
we
are
using
our
our
bodies
right
to
make
sound
and
all
the
other
good
stuff,
and
when
we
think
about
step,
I
also
want
to
say,
like
we
are
people
who
have
stepped
through
our
pain
right.
We
are
people
who
step
when
we
are
excited
right
and
step
through
that,
and
it
helps
from
Africa
right.
So
step
hails
from
Africa
with
influences
from
the
black
church.
There
are
military
influences,
we
think
about
our
black
soldiers.
Then
there
are
groups
like
the
Four
Tops
right,
the
temptations
right,
The
Supremes.
F
We
think
about
all
those
folks
right
and
those
things
made
their
way
to
college
campuses
across
the
country
and
fluence.
Historically,
black
Greek
letter
organizations
and
those
historically
brief
black
Greek
letter
organizations
will
compete
against
each
other
to
kind
of
see
who
could
who
could
run
the
yard?
Whoever
could
come
with
the
best
routine,
its
who
would
win.
You
know
they
run
the
yard,
and
now
this
culture
has
made
its
way
into
churches
right.
F
It's
made
its
way
into
elementary
middle
and
even
high
schools
like
Patrick
Henry,
high
school
in
North,
Minneapolis,
all
right,
and
so
we
started
the
Patrick
Henry
high
school
East
double
team
in
2011,
and
we
have
been
going
strong
since
they
are
a
group
of
young
young
people
9th
through
12th
grade
I'm
gonna
bring
them
out
really
quick.
So
why
don't
we
give
it
up
to
these
young
people
as
they
come
forward
and
they're
gonna
get
into
formation
here?