Best Black History Poems

The past
I am a black prince
Who use to rule over a kingdom 
But now my people and me are enslaved 
Force to pick the white mans cotton 
I see my brother and sisters 
Being whipped and branded like cattle 
They think we are cattle 
So...

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The Sowing


Upon the wind feasted hillside
The jagged edges of used rocks swell
With the fatless skin of babes and wenches 
Below a field of blood, no less a Flanders Field

A continuous swell of rape roll like waves
In the pallid squalor of leaking huts wooden tales tell
The...

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It amazes me
They say all men were created equally 
But that’s denied throughout history
Theirs starts with constitutions revolutions and bravery
They tell us ours is gangs chains and slavery
It’s pretentious 
And I’m offended
You started the race just so you could win it
And they did…well they did
Until...

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Who am I or should I say what have I become,
Well lets take a look at where I came from,
I am a beautiful African American, born into a legacy of African American men and 
women who were slain, spit on, stepped on, and beat,
Yet through...

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I am a *****.

Young,gifted, and black.

I have been to the golden gates of heaven and felt the blazing heat of the doors to hell.

Then made my way back.

I have cried a sea full of tears.

I have been beating as a slave.

Whips all across my back.

The...

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Why is it called 'Black History Month'
Black means void of light
why because we are nonwhite
this should be voted out
because the name Human Race 
carries more weight
Sure, I understand
it is a way of denouncing the browner skinned man
Why is it there are tanning booths
for the lighter...

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Black history means a lot to me.
It is too much for me to write or state briefly.
We, Black people or African-Americans,
I should politically correctly say.
We’ve had struggles and have definitely,
Come a long way and still have a long way to go.

Everyday items that we see,
Are...

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I want to lead you to safety like Harriet Tubman,
While we are on our way,
I want to stop traffic like Garrett Morgan,
Before we get there, 
I want to right all wrongs like Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall,
While we are here I want to ensure that...

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I once toiled in delta fields of cotton, knowing that such toil would not always be my LOT. When filled, the cotton sacks were so heavy that I wanted to DROP.
Cotton roes were long, grasses and weeds were tall; even the dust was HOT.
In the...

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From Africa to America spanning the world, quite possibly
My DNA struggled to survive to make me,
My existence is a testament to survival fitness,
My life is to nurture the future and bear witness, the past,
My name is the name to property they gave,
My heritage my lineage...

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Rosa Parks, sit proud,
Head high with no retreat,
Do not be forced to the back
This seat is more than just a seat,
Let them drag you to the jail
Mistreatment all the world can see,
Spirits stir, blood boils,
N.A.A.C.P.

Dr. King, Dr. King!
Tell the world about your dream,
Preach of togetherness
as...

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I'm not sure this is the dream Martin had 
Yet we have moved from the nightmare of what he endured 
We still have a ways to go, to make that dream come true 
The one where who I naturally am doesn't have to be relaxed...

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One of the black greats, Huey P. Newton
Would've been better if he had stopped shootin'
One of the founders of the black Panther Movement
It was going well until all of the white men sued it
A legendary man, His name was Malcolm X
Joined the Nation of Islam...

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Black history goes back down to our roots
It's apart of who we are
From Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King
We got to get up, raise our voice, and sing
We should be proud of who we are 
Sometimes we're looked down upon because 
people don't understand what's...

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Rise Up

Rise up to the blessing of another day.
To all that awaits you this moment.
To all that will challenge you and enlighten you.
 
Rise up to the opportunity to live in your truth and appreciate the truth of others.
To make a difference and matter to...

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