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Famous Segregation Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Segregation poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous segregation poems. These examples illustrate what a famous segregation poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Service, Robert William 
...I stood beside the silken rope,
 Five dollars in my hand,
And waited in my patient hope
 To sit anear the Band,
And hear the famous Louie play
 The best hot trumpet of today.

And then a waiter loafing near
 Says in a nasty tone:
"Old coon, we don't want darkies here,
 Beat it before you're thrown."
So knowin' nothin' I could do
 I turned to go and...Read more of this...

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