Best Rosa Parks Poems

Rosa Louise Parks
refused to give up her seat
“First Lady of Civil Rights”

back in fifty-five
civil disobedience
‘fore Martin Luther King’s time

courageous Rosa
kept her seat and caused a...

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Who was that masked man?!?
Brian Williams, rides again.

He was in Amilia Earhart's plane;
even rode with the Dalton Gang.

The day the Titanic went down;
In the rescue...

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Herstory from Battlefields to Laboratories
-	Daniel Henry Rodgers

Beneath stardust's scattered gleam, 
Her-story, a comet’s tail, blazing across time.

Through seasons it molds
...Once hushed now bold
We rise, a...

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I am black and I have the ability to glorify the King
I am great and in believing in him, I have authority over all things
I...

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A Woman's Self-Worth, is highest among all, for it was a woman, God created, in thy divine holy image.  Friendships, relationships, and holy matrimony,...

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for such a time as this of political upheaval and economic uncertainty
how does anyone go about determining what is their God-given destiny?
what is our purpose...

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The lady was brave as she could be
And she went down in history
As one who stood up for her race
The whites said she should know...

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Poet:  Ken Jordan 
Poem:  One Knee 
Edited by:  Sparkle Jordan 
written:  September 2017


One Knee

Yes, I kneel down on one knee 
damn...

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Finally it’s time to go,
All day I’ve pushed peddles with my feet,
I’ll hurry to the bus stop,
Being sure to get a good seat.

There, a chance...

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The Fifties were really and truly not all that square
Though that dullard Dwight D. sat in the Executive Chair
And his frumpy wife Mamie had really...

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From the grounds of the south during the sweltering summer 
of Negros in America*, came white violence and murder.  The 
suppression and degradation of...

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You see I had lots of respect

NOW you are begging for attention 
and a reality check, so try me,
Try me like satan tried jesus,

Your trying...

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Life in Africa was full; years in the bush, a treat.
Music made us happy; drums sounded for dancing feet.
A loving life with family always made...

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Social injustice and economic inequality 
have always been practiced in our Nation's working industry
Irish need not apply, Hispanics we don't want your kind
and Blacks don't...

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A Turning Point In Life Is Equality
        Writings in a Black Perspective....  	

   The day...

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