DEANGELO LEROY TURNER
DEANGELO LEROY TURNER
PSU BLACK STUDIES, WINTER 2024
INTRODUCTION:
I’m having a black moment!
I’m having a Black moment!
Who are you to tell me that
I’m too black to be set free!
I’ve been kissed by God from
The creation of all mankind!
You must be crazy to think
That I’m not going to speak
My mind!
I’m having a black moment!
I’m having a black moment!
White man please! Keep your
Words to yourself! If my
people find out you spoke out
There race! You’re going to be put in another place
RE: BLACK PLACE POEM! (BEE COMPANY PHOTO)
Introduction:
My Bee company! Is home to
Me! The stores and its food
It has history! From life to
Death, to community! This
Black space is home of my
Favorite community! The
People! The History! It’s
So much to see! Please
Don’t waste time? Come
Quick and see! All that
Love is here for you
And me!
PHOTO OF 9TH AND ALBERTA STREET
Introduction:
Alright there is a photo of the scene of 9th Alberta Street. This showed me all 31 years of absolute departure from Portland neighborhood. Before this store shown in this photo it was a store there called Jake’s. At that store many young brother and sister’s would coume into that corner store to buy small house products. From toilet paper at the time as 99 cents? But now it’s more like $3. Because of the rise in prices I heard. Now what all of the rise in prices I heard now what all the young brotha’s would show up to get also was jojos and chicken! This small but tasty food cost is about $2. But this is what you get? Seasoned potatoes fried in butter? With batter fried drum sticks of chicken on the side. When looking at the tray, you see at least 10 jojos and 5 drumsticks of chicken. Man looking at the picture it takes me back to the all black at the time neighborhood. That now is all white. Displaced blacks that used to have homes over there, are now way out on 142nd to 206th ave to Gresham, Oregon, “man” that was totally shocking to me.
DORIS CAFE ON RUSSELL AND WILLIAMS
The reason I chose this photo was I used to go to this cafe to get the best BBQ in Portland. When I used to pull up to this place in the all Black neighborhood and brown brotha’s and sista’s to hear the latest conversation about what is going on? From the new shoes to the interesting teen that came out. But the main thing was the food? When your first walk in you smell hot bbq with a hint of honey smelling the air. As the draft of the door pulls the pressure from the cool breeze of the inside going outside the door. As you walk in you hear the chatter of different cultures of people writing or sitting inside the cafe to eat that good que? Soft music is playing in the background of slow jam to new and latest hip hop of Mary J Blidge, once you waited for a server to get this food? But once you get it? You take a small piece of what we all call the burnt ends! On that sauced based all meat rib piece totally covered in goodness, that sits on top of all white wonder bread.
Man the life of that small but unbelievable good cafe BBQ outside got tracks, cars of different colors, with low riders parked. Sisters with their long black hair with brothas with fades and braids everywhere that was a real moment of black history in Portland Northeast side.