Hampton Poems - Poems about Hampton

...No fear of threats from vicious Peter Gargano knights of kkk Threatening my life for attending that 1969 Civil rights field trip my father Civil rights advocates political leaders gather a......Read the rest...

...My first grade field trip begin Joseph Medill school of journalism Chicago my first grade class sang African American spiritual hymns performing at the Schubert theater the museum of science and indu......Read the rest...

...Special agent Alan King was very angry shocking as he warns me that Gargano burns blacks physically and politically I couldn’t fathom any of this as he asked why are Gargano so close what is it we ta......Read the rest...

... Brooke Hampton…a children’s book author Is where I’m pulling today’s Nella’s blessing from: Speak to your children as if they are the wisest kindest most beautiful and magical humans on Ear......Read the rest...

...Mayor Richard Daley Y66 means Fred Hampton day in spite your subtle threats I am in no way able to obey any mafia threat during election time I am reminded of the bribes payoffs and dead ......Read the rest...

...Growing up in Chicago I always knew I would save lives from drugs and gun violence I just didn't know how perhaps it started at 13 I got off the elevator on my way to school there is was noto......Read the rest...

...Some may say grand dragon others grand wizard either or it began in 60s everything was a bit chaotic the death of John f Kennedy Bobby Kennedy pope John XXlll my birth and Martin Luther kings famous ......Read the rest...

...There was no easy day going under cover with four kids riding along with the FBI supervisor I was just a young mother of four actually expecting again seven months pregnant the FBI installed wi......Read the rest...

...The first king size bed was fashioned nearly two-thousand years ago, Not by Thomasville, Broyhill or Bassett, producers that we all know. There was no pillow-top mattress made by Sealy or Simmo......Read the rest...

...It was 1968 we'd gathered again in the school auditorium my tiny hands sweating only five years old while my name was called in all of this cold civil rights riots plagued my little brown mind sir......Read the rest...

...Amazing places The sphinx of Egypt Fort Lauderdale's spirit People's faces Lovers gazes Swear it by merit Taj Mahal flavor Coconut kissings French Riviera Gorgeous banks a beauty......Read the rest...

...Civil War II Perhaps if civil war comes, it will be broken into scores of guerilla wars. This prolonged agony is a reason General Lee surrendered! The division in America—2024<......Read the rest...

...Casted to the side When I talk about racism Two of you are down to hear But the rest don’t know or care Gotta laugh off the jokes About my skin and my People That crap is humiliating ......Read the rest...

...I am what I am and your not. It was said by someone that once she lets me inside back to you she won’t ever come. When they say what I lack in intelligence I make up in size. When they say, ......Read the rest...

...Independence In search of freedom, many braved the high seas, Needing to flee the chains of their home countries. Desiring a fresh start in a far-off land; E......Read the rest...