‘Here They Come, Y’all, Here They Come’

May 22, 2024

"Listen: If Harriet Tubman ran to freedom, you can run to your destiny! Martin Luther King didn't march for you to get a degree and chill! ... Black folks didn't pick cotton so you could look cute in a black robe!"

Address by Daniel Black, African American Studies Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Delivered as commencement speech at Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, May 18, 2024