Best Booker T Washington Poems

Land of the free
Home of the slaves
The blood, sweat and tears of my ancestors resonate
Amongst the soil where they were slain
I’m hearing their struggle
I’m feeling their pain
I can’t imagine being forced to part from my family
All for massa’s gain
So I pay homage to those who...

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I would give most anything if I could rewrite history
But that would not rid us of past misery
Lost in a world so full of rights, nobody cares to see my plight.
All the mysteries and wonders of life are clearly reflected, as is the light.
When my...

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Dinner at the White House

Theodore Roosevelt a robust, Republican president
had to Booker T. Washington a dinner invite sent.
Roosevelt was progressive for his day
and the segregated south had much to say.
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Truly History In the Making

Remember when some sweaters we wove
Was while we were sitting in a pretty grove
Birds started singing and others flew by
Certainly a delightful day cannot deny.

Trees were tall and much shade they made
And there on lovely lawn we often laid
Exchanging things that...

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First Corinthians
chapter twelve verse twenty-five:
Care! (undivided!)

in tilling a field,
there's as much dignity as
in writing a poem!

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Adapted from quote by Booker T. Washington:
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is 
as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."
With reference to...

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