What Happens...What happening to the world we live in... As we turn on the news, their goes a child killed by the offcials that are suppose to protect us. What happening in the world we live in, the ones that we…by AliciaThomas1993👁 7Read →
People Like MeA month after I was born, in 1955, Mother told me Of the beginning of the bus boycott Because a woman of color Refused to give up her seat To a white man. And that was the year Father stood and…by abeadle03👁 2Read →
Shades From the bus to the streets, People of color were limited to meet. Separate but equal, She wanted to idle. Rosa Parks, Took up a start, She took a stand, She dared to raise a hand. She sat in front,…by Harli👁 3Read →
ColorblindHer hair in neat braids, her frock a stainless white Gazing at the wispy clouds that curl against a cerulean sky She approaches the white picket fence and waves hello— It is 1956. “Come and play!”…by animat👁 2Read →
Breaking the SilenceStatements that stay behind closed doors, they stay in the room Hover above your head Seep into your mind fall into your river of thoughts Sink deep into your conscious Straying off to your emotions…by Saphire_stone👁 5Read →
Gray ScaleBlack and white White and black Ying and yang Colors that make this world bright Why should color of skin matter When trying to achieve rights? Those rights were given to humans Unalienable Despite…by mserratore523👁 1Read →
The Blur of Yesterday into TodayYesterday African Americans didn't have rights Yesterday a white man standing up for a black man was wrong Yesterday slaves were shipped across a ocean of pain only to be greeted by a lifetime of…by naturegirl496👁 4Read →
Their Past, Made Her Future (A colored skin individual with dreams and aspiration in their eyes Faced with the choices of the now and the then Reminded of the options and choices they never had No opportunity to frolic among…by kaustinh👁 2Read →
This Town Ain't Just Your TownThe bus windows lets me stare at all those people that give no care. Why should I stand when I pay the same fare? We live here too, it's not your lair. I'm afraid to walk at night because it might…by HunterUM_2016👁 1Read →
Together We Are EqualTogether we soar, Together we strive, Together we are great, Together we are alive; But not today, no, We have lost all equality, Judgments and discrimination, Create a growing fatality; If we learn…by ddhepfer👁 4Read →
More Than Just Black and WhiteWhen all we could see was black and white those memories we all hold onto so tight for those people that nothing could ever go right you're struggles were worth it All the years of constant war All…by TheUnheardStories👁 2Read →
African American Civil Rights StoryAfrican American did not have rights All of them suffered from the lies Until Martin Luther king Jr wasn't afraid of heights He stood up and put his foot down on there civil rights. He was a…by raul.andress.3👁 4Read →
#BlackLivesMatterOur WorldShot at, choked, and hung All of the above Brought about the young Spreading hate, instead of love Spat on and discriminated Mocked and shunned Beat up and humiliated Singled out and gunned “I can’t…by saghabei👁 5Read →
Rosa ParksIn a bus, in the city of Montgomery, A woman came aboard. Little did anyone know at the time, That this woman would change the world. When the color of your skin made a difference in society, And…by mclesan👁 43Read →
What will I tell my children? What will I tell my children 15 years from now? My brave 8 year old boy and his sweet 5 year old sister? "Why mommy, is daddy away all the time?" They ask: "Because he is catching the bad guys"…by jesdon1👁 6Read →
I existOur WorldTo you I am Just a distant tragedy Far far away But the truth is I'm right around the corner Dreading and fearing My body yearns to rot My mind wishes for silence My soul longs to be free To you, I…by Shadow_wonder👁 3Read →
Mother Must I?: the extended versionMy CommunityPolice… Hope for quiet… Someone calls in frightened… Hoping the law will save the day… Ten-four! Mother… Sends son for milk… Halfway there silence breaks… Sirens beat air while soles beat streets……by Hilrie Maurice Kemp👁 2Read →
The Pain of a Black Man For hundreds of years the black man has been crying with inner tears, striped from his manly dignity and identity, his self love has been ripped. He witnesses over again his son’s body being lynched…by Soulality Naomi Johnson👁 18Read →
Scholarship Slam Poem on Civil Rights ~ by John NguyenFreedom and Equality like playing with Monopoly earning all the spaces that will Guide all the Economy Discriminate from one and almost all the guys are gone from the place we claimed our own with…by jknguyen👁 2Read →
Tell them. MeAmerica, America. Oh, how thou great. You're people have been washed and drowned in hatred. They are decendents of a people who rejected what was. We are the creation of multigenerational curses.…by JasmineSherice👁 6Read →
The LegacyRosa Parks. Malcolm X. Dr. King. Jesse Jackson. Mamie Mobley. Tears shed, blood spilled, injustice fought. But for what? All these young black men and women today know these names Know the battle for…by ErinWarnerV👁 4Read →
Nonviolence.Nonviolence. The arrogant scoff and say to themselves as they rub their knuckles “What a sissy notion. What a waste of time.” Leafing through a history book, the pupils dilate At the sight of red…by milomonster99👁 3Read →
Love is LoveLuke and Emily and Zoe and John, and Josh and Mira and Rabia, and Jane, Rose, Mary, Helen and Radha, and Jyoti, Michelle, Cait, and Brittany, and Tyrone and Jenny and Lalainee, and Matt and Ellie,…by L32👁 6Read →
King's Red HillMeKing’s Red Hill I find myself on King’s red hill, overlooking the words, move or stand still. A decision that requires not much thought, although our history has been fraught with blood, sweat, toil…by ESW👁 4Read →