Scholarship Slam on Civil Rights
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Dreams.
Born out of the breath of the wind
A claim to beauty from humanity’s sin,
That which dehumanizes your very brother
Inheriting worth from issues of color
A March that led a civilization
a fight for our rights
side by side to protect the negro nation
bringing the unjust to the light
from black panthers to black writers
to young mothers bringing up young brothers
How far? How far have we come?
Freedom riders and the freedom rides on, what lie are we living in when discrimination's still strong.
Still happening.
Marched for nothing?
Television tells me that,
we did not win the rights we asked for.
As women,
as men,
as people.
People in a society that should consider us that,
People.
