Up South In Akron 1959 (Page 1) lyrics
by Umar Bin Hassan
[Page 1]
Peace. I'm Umar Bin Hassan of The Last Poets. These days I live with my daughter Sabriyah and my grandon Jabril in Baltimore. My life is full. But I'm 64-years-old now and sometimes my mind wanders back to my youth in Akron, Ohio. That's when I was an "Akro-nite" known as Jerome Huling. We had some wild times in those days. Here's a story I call...
Up South In Akron Ohio, Summer 1959
Story by Umar Bin Hassan (with Bill Adler)
Art by Nate McDonough