This is dedicated to what I love most in

this world... Black women

So beautiful and immaculate

Emphasis on the emphatic

Blessed with supreme intelligence and

wisdom

I'm tired of having to hope for a better day!

Old folks pray to make a change

And their words haven't been heard since back in the day!

I'm tired of these Kings and Queens being left hung in my home state

And the gangs act like they are scared to retaliate!

Yet they can play in our face

The privilege of providing publishing and printing to fellow Black authors has not only created an opportunity to help others. The personal growth itself is sacred.

This was born from frustration. Seeing some of the most creative, documented work placed on Amazon, reduced to sections like “Rosa Parks,” simply because there were no other options. Even Black publishers, at times, have to send their work off to corporate printers when it is time to produce.

Before committing to my first book Generational Curses: Trauma Letters From Our Time to Yours, I made a pledge to the ancestors to keep the work entirely in Black hands, from visualization to existence itself. That was the beginning of Bloodline Publishing.

Since then, we’ve had the honor of publishing a soulful Black poet from New Jersey, currently preparing a Queen’s debut work, her own spiritual expression through words.

And now, another connection has been…

Strange fruit, hanging from trees

Strange fruit, beautiful misery

Strange fruit, the hateful part of my history

Southern cities and towns in the backwoods of Mississippi

Tears flow like rivers from the eyes of the family.

In a country where black skin is guilty until proven innocent