Biloxi Beach

Biloxi Beach Sunny beaches Tranquil and smooth Who'd have guessed that your shores Could be so abused? Doctor Mason Your cause was a song You rallied your people And lead them so far Wade in Water, lapse Can a wave tell a color? Does the beach know they're Black? A storm on the beach Dark and heavy A tide of hate Breached the levy Officers, Wielding clubs, striking backs Don’t you swear to protect them? The Whites and the Blacks? Angry mobs Alongside the road They scream and they heckle But what do they know? Little White girls I wonder what they saw Did they see the blood? Did they know it was wrong? Biloxi Beach Wade-ins for peace What was the reward? Home raids, screams Fifty years since Reaching resolution But for the lives that were lost Can there be absolution?