Keeping Dreams Alive Standing Side by Side

(poems go here) Keeping Dreams Alive Standing side by side I turned on the TV Dr. King looked out at me I have a dream, we will live free And we can make it be We walked We refused to ride the bus Montgomery in ‘55 Our feet were tired but our souls alive Striding side by side In Birmingham we filled the streets With a thousand children's feet When they were carted off to jail More children kept the beat In '63 we had a dream That we could all live free We marched on Washington, DC For all the world to see In '64 we hoped for more And thousands volunteered Taught Freedom Schools, Turned out the vote Together persevered We were not stopped by death Nor fright In Selma '65 Clergy joined our freedom march To gain full voting rights By '65 we had legal rights But life wasn't full and good We took on northern city blight For housing, jobs and schools Fifty years are gone The only way a dream can live Is when hearts take it on? So will you join us in the dream? For full equality Turn off the TV, stand and sing All people shall live free Our hearts will take it on And we can make it be Striding side by side We will persevere For all the world to see All people shall live free