The expression: “It is darkest before the dawn” characterizes my sense of what is now nationally going on in the Selfhoods of many Black Americans. This sense is drawn out of the atmosphere of something drastic happening, of which most are at a loss to pin-point what it is. Contributing to this sense are rumblings of USA people’s dissatisfaction and from increasing numbers of telephone calls and visits to my home from those I have not heard from in years.