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June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago

...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago

The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at App...

Categories: desegregation, america, anxiety, crush, evil,
Form: Free verse

We Were Spectators

...I
Our cry, silenced.
We watch the murder of our freedoms
Like spectators at a lynching.
Our Twenty-first-century forbearance rubbed out,
Our twentieth-century sensibilities never happened.
High...

Categories: desegregation, abortion, birth, body, freedom,
Form: Didactic

Short Walk To Freedom

...A
simple
walk from home
to all white school
was needed to break segregation rule
fate chose little Bridge to brave that first walk
in her school frock
freedom won 
for us 
all

Categories: desegregation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Tetractys

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

New School-Contest

...As she was walking to a brand new school,
              four strange men walked
                      with just her.
                        She didn't 
                           know
         ...

Categories: desegregation, courage, school,
Form: Tetractys

I Liked Ike

...Dwight D. Eisenhower, a heroic general in World War Two
  Elected thirty-fourth President of the USA in 1952 

Fondly remembered as an American Golden Age 
  His era had its fair share of turbule...

Categories: desegregation, courage, freedom, hero, military,
Form: Rhyme

Word Up

...Word Up!

This just may be
the last poem from the last poet
among the poets of last
who first spoke the word.

In the beginning
the Word was
is and ever will be
the force liberating
both y...

Categories: desegregation, africa, allegory, allusion, analogy,
Form: Free verse

Freedom's Quest

...Freedom’s Quest

They bravely set sail and escaped on the Mayflower.
Those first settlers, common people from Europe,
Came ashore from the Atlantic with faith and hope.
Freedom is what they soug...

Categories: desegregation, america, christian, discrimination, england,
Form: Narrative

Rosa Parks, a Maverick

...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...

Categories: desegregation, black african american, history,
Form: Choka