racing through the desert

IF Ah evah git to glory, an’ Ah hope to mek it thoo,/ Ah expec’ to hyah a story, an’ Ah hope you’ll hyah it, too,—/ Hit’ll kiver Maine to Texas, an’ f’om Bosting to Miami,— / Ov de highes’ shaf’ in glory, ’rected to de Negro Mammy.
James Weldon Johnson, Black Mammies, The Book of American Negro Poetry, 1922

This means that many still live on land they consider traditionally theirs, without the necessity of title deeds, or the need to adorn homes with dish antennas or carpets. They don’t eat at shawarma shops, or go to the movies on the weekend.

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