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A boy yells from the sidewalk
Handing out factual ink
In exchange for a dime.

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"Black Man Sent to Prison."
Intellectuals are confused.
He committed no crime.

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There is no room in our schools
To teach the definitions
Of separate or equal.

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"How Dare Negro Criminals?"
We are good to them these days,
More than three-fifths people.

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We soak in the priest water
And enforce segregation;
Our opinions are right.

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This land is only my land.
This I read in the paper,
Clearly in black and white.