As an #HBCU freshman , I saw Miss @JacksonStateU Janice Broome.

All the power of prayer could not keep me from staring . Once my shallow brain caught up with my eyes, I realized she was more brilliant & kind than beautiful. Later she made me a better husband & father.
My Great Grandmother Rosa Belle Suber took care of her elderly father-in-law Rev. Pompey Lavallie —who had been enslaved as a boy. She even made a quilt of his britches, which I slept under as a boy. As a dad, I have tried to teach my sons to honor their elders. @Essence
Everything I’ve learned from my grandmothers, aunts, mother, the mother figures, sister role models and, of course, my wife make me want to be an excellent father to these little boys, who are now young men. #HappyFathersDay2020
Everything I’ve learned from my grandmothers, aunts, mother, the mother figures, sister role models and, of course, my wife make*s* me want to be an excellent father to these little boys, who are now young men. #HappyFathersDay2020
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