Browsing: and let the roots of community grow deep. It represents the very essence of what community—especially the Black community—truly is. Let’s bring it back. Let’s find our tree again

       After long, hard days of work, the men of the neighborhood gathered under that tree. They weren’t in a rush, and they weren’t looking for anything fancy—just a place to sit, share, and connect. Some leaned back on benches or rested on milk crates. Others huddled over checkerboards perched on overturned buckets, strategizing their next move like generals at war.