Many people said
Ignorance is bliss
But that’s only because
They’re business was at risk
The trading of slaves
And unpaid labor
Could only be achieved
If no one knew about the danger
That it was causing
To our rights
That’s right

People knew that knowledge
Was the key to success
And once you give a little
There’s no hiding the rest
If people knew about their rights
There would be no oppressed

But it only took
One voice
To change history
And have African Americans rejoice that they were free

I would like to shed some light
On Bayard Rustin
Because without his influence
There never would have been
a movement
for equality and freedom
All the things we take advantage of
But many people didn’t live to see them

Bayard Rustin spread his thoughts of pacifism
And even organized
The SCLC for civil rights movements
He recognized
That we lacked humanity
And despite the
Diverse
Curse
That was set upon this country
For hundreds of years
He found a commonality
The strive for progression
And societies well being
Brought hundreds of people
To realize
The sins they were committing
Not upon objects but people
Real people
Brothers and sisters
Separated by race

Discrimination became the enemy
And co existence became the goal
With harmony
Not violence
Hatred
Or separation

He helped a new form
Of activism spread
And ultimately saved
A whole race from death