My pen name is David S. Annderson, I am as 'white' as a sheet, and Juneteenth is when My America was born!
I was born in the America of Rock and Roll, in the America of Jazz, in the America of jazz dance and poetry in the spirit of Miles Davis!
I was born in the America of Jim Henson and diversity, in the America of the Summer of Love
And my America was born on Juneteenth!
I celebrate the Fourth of July, my America was not possible without the Founding Fathers, but my America, the America of Rock and Roll, was born on Juneteenth!
My America has a European father, a Black West African mother, and somewhere back there, a Jewish grandfather!
My America is a bastard child, and all the more beautiful for it!
And my America came of age in the 1920s, even as they took up the mission to rebuild the world from 1914!
Happy Juneteenth, America!
God loves you!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderaon