Standing on the Shoulders #1

There are many unsung heroes within the Black community.  Not many people know the stories of how The Bible was used to oppress and keep slaves in a submissive state.  As Martin Luther King Jr said (paraphrased), "White people were given whiteness to deal with their condition and Black people were given The Bible." White people who weren't as well off, poor and uneducated, had whiteness to rely on as a way to feel superior to Black people, even though they suffered second class citizenship from their white upper class "family".  This piece  pays homage to  Frederick Douglass, Nat Turner, and Harriet Tubman for understanding educating themselves on what The Bible truly stood for and used it as a way to liberate their people from slavery.