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WARNING! Some poems contain explicit language.
On a bus that cold wintery December 1st 1955,
Word caught the wind and the people did thrive.
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United as a nation, Divided we stand blacks vs. white, man vs. man.
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Do you know about the past?
When your ancestors thought they wouldn’t last?
Sitting in the back of that class
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Finally we have overcome,
Where man and woman can be respected no matter where they're from.
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We stared at palms- the softer, crafting part of a hand,
"We are the same color."
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Treated wrong as if were nothing
Taken in as slaves and held like captives
Our women raped, husbands slain
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Together let’s play a game,
A game of Checker’s with two colors,
With squares both equal and same.
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Death glides in on a wave of shadows.
He stands silently, gazing o’er the crowd.
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You’re not white.
You’re black.
That’s not right.
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They want a world full of white, but what good is that?
White is not unique
White is not bold
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