She Was a Black Woman
Black woman three small children pregnant
Black woman 1978 driving
Black woman driving in Arkansas
Black woman in Arkansas gets pulled over
Black woman gets pulled over, goes to jail
Black woman in jail, kids in next cell
Black woman and kids in jail cell
Black woman calls her husband; their dad
Black woman calls her husband, husband is seven hours away
Black woman’s husband driving in Arkansas
Black woman’s husband driving in Arkansas in 1978
Black woman in Arkansas’ jail looks to the left to see her children crying in cell
Black woman can not touch her children ages 7, 6, and 4
Black woman asks the white policeman why am I here?
White policeman who pulled over Black woman with three small children who is pregnant in Arkansas and goes to jail who had to sit while her children cried in the cell next to her who had to call her husband seven hours away to come bail her out whose husband drove to retrieve his wife and three kids and had to see his family in jail…
To all of this the white policeman said,
“Well Miss, you were speeding.”