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Born in Baltimore currently living in The Big Easy. My Ancestors, Atrocious Injustice.
APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!
RIGHT ON: WHITE AMERICA
SONIA SANCHEZ
ICONIC BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT POET X WRITER X ESSAYIST X PROFESSOR X PLAYWRIGHT
this country might have been a pio
neer land
once.
but. there ain’t
no mo
indians blowing
custer’s mind
with a different
image of america.
this country
might have
needed shoot/
outs/ daily/
once.
but. there ain’t
no mo real/ white allamerican
bad/guys.
just.
u & me
blk/ and un/armed.
this country might have been a
pio
neer land once.
and it still is.
check out
the falling
gun/shell on our blk/ tomorrows.
APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!
AMERICUS, GEORGIA IN SIXTY THREE
Published in 1975
LULU WESTBROOK GRIFFIN
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST X POET X SPEAKER
Attribution: CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ARCHIVE
ONE OF 32 GIRLS LOCKED AWAY IN 1963 IN AN OLD CIVIL WAR STOCKADE FOR PROTESTING SEGREGATION IN HER HOMETOWN OF AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
Americus, Georgia in sixty three
There were obvious signs of bigotry,
Laws of Segregation were everywhere
White Supremacist Groups did not care.
The hatred they had for People of colour
Was blantant and vicious,
Toward my little sisters and brothers.
There were perpetrators, spectators,
Instigators, violators, Vigilantes, Agitators,
KKKS and NEGRO haters.
We marched with our Placards
And sang The FREEDOM Songs,
We were beaten and jailed
while making History at home.
Many fought for their freedom
to change the JIM CROW LAWS,
Now AMERICUS has signs of "LIBERTY"
And no more Segregated walls.
Read more about Civil Rights History and Poems @ https://www.crmvet.org
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