Okorie Johnson & Sheila Pree Bright | Sheila Pree Bright & Okorie Johnson | TEDxAlpharettaWomen

OKorie Johnson presenting the photographic art of Sheila Pree Bright's work capturing the moments of BLM protests in Atlanta.

Poem by Sheila Pree Bright :

I cried today
I thought of the elders who fought during the Civil Rights Era
Imagine their trauma
I thought of my parents, young people who endure the Jim Crow era
Imagine their trauma
I thought of the young visionaries who are fighting the same injustices today
Imagine their trauma
I thought of my ancestors, who were forced to come to a country to be sold as property
Imagine their trauma
I cry today because we lost a spirit who continue to fight the good fight
Imagine his trauma
He now knows what liberation looks like
I cried today Sheila Pree Bright is an Atlanta-based, award-winning American photographer best known for her works Plastic Bodies, Suburbia, Young Americans, and her most recent series #1960Now. Sheila is the author of #1960Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activist and Black Lives Matter Protest published by Chronicle Books.

An American cellist-songwriter, looper, improviser, and storyteller whose work is invested in themes and expressions of the African Diaspora, personal truths, deep love and celebration of women, and a commitment to wordless prayer. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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