Terry Brooks:  

CLASS OF 1979
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Rock island, IL

Terry's Story

Terry is from Danville, Illinois. Terry's schools include Rock Island High School. Terry works(ed) at City Of Rock Island. Music Terry likes includes Erykah Badu, Peter Frampton, Bunny DeBarge. Movies Terry likes include Love and basketball, Clash of the Titans, Death At A Funeral. TV shows Terry likes include Southland, Oprah Winfrey, Jay Leno. One of Terry's favorite quotes is:"THE LIFE IS AN ON GOING PROCESS..... BUT THE STRUGGLE IS EVER LASTING.... BUT WITHOUT...... THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE ...... LIFE WOULD BE LIKE KOOL-AID......WITHOUT SUGAR ! WE NEED TO STAND UP AND BE HEARED..... THEY HAVE CALLED PREISDENT OBAMA..... EVRYTHING BUT THE N-WORD..... SO WE MUST STABILIZE OUR EFFORTS....LIKE MINITE-MEN IN ORDER TO COMBAT.... ELEMENTS OF NO..... IN ORDER TO RISE TO OUR FOCUS OF CHANGE...... AND KNOWING BEING THE FIRST IS NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED TO AWAKEN YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS OLD ....THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS'NT ONLY A RIGHT''....IT'S WAGER OF LIFE''....THAT MAKES A DEFFENCE WHO CONTROLS YOUR LIVELYHOOD OF YOUR LIFE.....FROM HOW MUCH YOU MIGHT PAY TO YOUR WATER BILL..... WHERE YOUR CHILDERN MAY GO TO SCHOOL ....SO A VOTE IS LIKE MONEY..... SO LET START EARNING OUR MONEY.... BY SPENDING OUR VOTE! THEIR'S A WORD THAT SHOULD GO UNSPOKEN IN EVERYDAY TALK....THE N-WORD...THE REASON IS CLEAR...MALE BLACKS HAVE BEEN KILLED....AND THE LAST WORD THEY HEARED....WAS THE N-WORD...AND THE MOST PAINFUL PART....THE WORD AND DEATH WAS IN THE HANDS OF HIS OWN BROTHER...BECOME YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER..NOT HIS KILLER WE MUST STAY IN CONTROL OF OUR MANHOOD..... BY MAKING A STATEMENT.... TO OUR YOUNG BOYS.... AND WHAT MANHOOD IS..... BY DEFINING OUR OWN..... BY SETTING EXAMPLES BY PROMOTING RESPONSIBITY.....AND SHAMING NEGATIVE......Expand for more
.. BY PULLING UP THEIR PAINTS..... GOING TO SCHOOL..... GETTING A JOB.....BECOMING A FATHER, AND BECOMING... MEN IN EVREY SENSE OF THE WORD...... BY BECOMING MEN!!...... RACISM HAS BEEN THIS COUNTRYS MOST UGLYEST ILL IN OUR HISTROY ACTION HAS BROUGHT US UP THE STEPS TOWARDS EQUALITY BUT THIS ILLNESS IS STILL GOING UNDETECTED TO MANY OR THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH REALITY BUT WE MUST PUSH FOR A CURE FOR THIS ILLNESS BY OPEN DISCUSSION AND ACTION. BECAUSE NO ACTION LEADS TO A REPEAT OF OUR PAST REMEMBER RECONSTRUCTION, AND THE WORD BIG GOVERNMENT WILL FADE IN YOUR MEMORY TO WOMEN WITH HEAVY HEARTS:LOVE IS LIKE HANDS ON A CLOCK..ALWAYS MOVING TIC TOCK..ALWAYS WAYS MOVING TIC TOCK..ALWAYS SOUNDING OFF TICK TOCK..ALWAYS SOUNDING OFF TICK TOCK..ALWAYS REMINDING YOU WHAT TIME 0F DAY OR NIGHT IT MIGHT BE TIC TOCK..ALWAYS TELLING YOU WHERE YOU ARE TIC TOCK..ALWAYSLETTING YOU KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE AND TO RETURN TIC TOCK..ALWAYS REMINDING WHAT YOU ARE MISSING AND WHO YOU WOULD RATHER BE WITH TIC TOCK..ALWAYS LETTING YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR HEART IS HEAVY AND WHENSOMEONE PUTS A SMILE ON YOUR FACE TIC TOCK..ALWAYS PRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF MATCHING A TRUE LOVE IS ALWAYS WHORTH WAITING..ALWAYS TELLING YOU SHE THE ONE IF YOU PACE YOURSELF TIC TOCK..MY CLOCK IS RUNNING FOR YOU AND THESE BATTERIES DON'T RUN DOWN TICTOCK..BECOUSE LOVE IS POWER THAT RUNS WITH EVER-GROWING EFFECTION AND EVER-LASTING EMOTION TIC TOCK..ALWAYS STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THESE HANDS A MOVING AROUND THE CLOCK OF OUR LIFE..(SMILE) DECADED TO YOU WOMEN WITH HEAVY HEARTS ". More about Terry:"I wake-up every morning willing to battle to be my own man.... I know if I can do this I have won life battles...... And if God willing I can maintain this battle of my manhood.... Untile GOD Ol mighty calls me home!".
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