IN REMEMBRANCE OF PHILLIP LAFAYETTE GIBBS AND JAMES EARL GREEN
MARTYRS OF JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY
Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, age 21, lay dead from four gunshot wounds: two in his head, one under his left eye, and one in his left armpit. Gibbs left behind a wife, one child, and another on the way.
Behind the police line across the street, James Earl Green, age 17, was lying dead in front of B. F. Roberts Dining Hall. Green was a senior at Jim Hill High School and on his way home from work at a grocery store when he paused to watch the riot. Police later claimed they had been fired on from the dining hall. Green was killed by one gunshot.
-Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, 21, pre-med.
-James Earl Green, 17, high school student walking home from the grocery store.
You both were never able to live to see your dreams come true. All your hopes. All your ambitions. All your desires.
May those of us in America be a living testament to your noble sacrifice in the name of justice, freedom, and the revolution of the mind.
Rest in Peace, Phillip and James.
SALUTARE.
RIBBON IN THE SKY
Oh so long for this night I prayed
That a star would guide you my way
To share with me this special day
Where a ribbon’s in the sky for our love
If allowed may I touch your hand
And if pleased may I once again
So that you too will understand
There’s a ribbon in the sky for our love
This is not a coincidence
And far more than a lucky chance
But what is that was always meant
Is our ribbon in the sky for our love, love
We can’t lose with God on our side
We’ll find strength in each tear we cry
From now on it will be you and I
And our ribbon in the sky
Ribbon in the sky
A ribbon in the sky for our love
There’s a ribbon in the sky for our love
Lyrics by Stevie Wonder, from the album “Natural Wonder”.
http://www.metrolyrics.com/ribbon-in-the-sky-lyrics-stevie-wonder.html
Ribbon in the Sky Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q1YpULTAzrI
Ann
