Brittany Packnett Instagram – thinking of my dad today, in this 30th anniversary of the Million Man March. It was a cultural juggernaut of Black pride and unity, beyond any single person, religion, or region.
plenty of the Black & Bougie church set said he shouldn’t go—but there were men in his congregation and across St. Louis who were seeking power and purpose in community. So he led a bus of 100 to join the other 2 million on the mall that day.
And in his signature activist, radical practitioner, Southside Chi, imma-say-what-I-wanna-say way, he embodied the power, poise and joy that was true to him and true to the moment.
everyday I want to be my father’s daughter. I strive to be.
Miss you, my guy.
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Slide 1. The Late Great Gregory Freeman’s homage to my father upon his passing. 1996. STL Post Dispatch.
Slide 2. Darren Sands’ very generous profile of me last year in AP, which I’ve been too emotional to share fully yet.
Slide 3. Me and Pop Dukes: Spades teacher, liberation preacher, a through and through Chicago creature. | Posted on 17/Oct/2025 01:00:38
