Our fathers and mothers came here, lived, loved, struggled and built here. At this place, their love and lives and labor rose like the sun and gave strength and meaning to the day. For them, who have so much, we give in return. On this same sod we will sow our seeds and build and move in unity and strength. Here too, we will continue their struggle for liberation and a higher level of human life. May our eyes be like the eagle, our strength be like the elephant, and the boldness of our life be like the lion. And may we remember and honor our ancestors and the legacy they left for as long as the sun shines and the waters flow.

FOR OUR PEOPLE THEN AND NOW WHEREVER THEY ARE

FOR ALL THAT ARE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN WHO DEFENDED OUR ANCESTRAL LAND, HISTORY AND HUMANITY FROM ALIEN INVADERS

FOR ALL WHO DARED TO DEFINE. DEFEND AND DEVELOP OUR INTERESTS AS A PEOPLE - GARVEY, MUHAMMAD, MANDELA.,MALCOLM, KING. SOJOURNER, BETHUNE. AND NAT TURNER

FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THE FULLER AND FREER LIVES THEY WILL LIVE BECAUSE WE STRUGGLED

FOR KAWAIDA AND NGUZO SABA. THE NEW SYSTEM OF VIEWS AND VALUES WHICH GIVES IDENTITY, PURPOSE, AND DIRECTION TO OUR LIVES

FOR THE NEW WORLD WE STRUGGLE TO BUILD

FOR THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE THRU WHICH WE WILL INEVITABLY RESCUE AND RECONSTRUCT OUR HISTORY AND HUMANITY IN OUR OWN IMAGE AND ACCORDING TO OUR OWN NEEDS