To my mother, Malcolm X Shabazz was reserved for herself, UGG Boots Clearance her children, and the many persons,young and mature, who have been fortified, caressed, and inspired to employ aspects of my father'slife lessons and personal discoveries as a bridge to their own inner strength and as a foundation fortheir "personhood.""Personhood" is a word I first heard as I listened to the eloquence of Brother Randall Robinson,president of the TransAfrica Forum, during his remarks at the Apollo commemoration. While he is ageneration younger than my father, both he and his elder brother Max always symbolized a genuineand authentic continuity throughout the struggle. They are men of their word, like Jordan Heels Haki Madhubuti,Kweisi Mfume, and Danny Glover-the few in their generation who say it, mean it, and live it. ThankGod for them as they continue to make certain that my father's beat goes on.
     　　"I grew up in the Old South in Richmond, Virginia," said Brother Randall Robinson.
     　　"I am one of the unfortunate millions who never knew or met Malcolm X.
     　　"So perhaps I can presume to speak for those millions like me, then and now, when I say that MalcolmX was a shining model for a new, whole, and proud black personhood.
     　　"_Before_ we in the South could see through Louis Vuitton bags outlet the mean veil of Southern segregation-there was MalcolmX.
     　　"_Before_ we could function beyond the humiliation of Southern bigotry-there was Malcolm X.
     　　"_Before_ we could come to know Africa's glorious past-there was Malcolm X.
     　　"_Before_ we could find our self-esteem and self-respect-there was Malcolm X.
     　　"And we owe him so dearly in ways our young must never be allowed to forget.
     　　"Where we have now the very possibility of courage-we _owe_ Malcolm X.
     　　"Where we have the wisdom to search for our history before the Atlantic slave trade-we _owe_ Malcolm X.
     　　"Where we have the political integrity to simply stand for something because it is jordan heels right-we _owe_Malcolm X.
     　　"It is not often that an American government institution honors those who embody a whole anduncompromised truth. But today is one such rare occasion. And I will keep it in my heart for the restof my life." At that moment, Brother Robinson spoke for all of us, and I will forever carry in my heart thesincerities of that ceremony. In particular, I will remember that as my five younger sisters and Igathered onstage for Harry Belafonte's closing remarks, I remained full. As I listened to the final notessung by the Boys Choir of Harlem their cheap Chanel bags song's message still lingered in my heart: "All black boys areborn of heroes."I thought of my father and his parents, my mother and her parents, each family's respective lineageand history of participation in social movements-Garvey on one side and Booker T. Washington on theother. I thought of my sisters and I standing there, parentless, yet in constant celebration of ourparents' lives. We are blessed every day by the union and the victorious sojourns that Malcolm XShabazz and his beloved Betty Saunders Shabazz shared on this earth.