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Standing strong by staying seated
to help right wrongs.
Walked for miles until their feet
were tender and torn.
Praying and singing hand in hand
seeking justice.
Needing to be seen as people
not just colored.
Marching in the day getting
showered by hoses.
Not cowering in the night covered
in crisp white.
Blessings of angels tending
to the left and right.
Our ancestors paved a path
of hope and determination.
They talked with pride
and walked with dignity.
Each and every stride carried
with it generations to come.
The future now exists as todays
youth of the 21st century.
They don’t know the fear
of dogs chasing them in the night.
Don’t understand the effect
and decay of white flight.
Elder generation you must tell them
what textbooks hide between the lines.
by: Joyce Rose-Harris © 2007
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PaisleyPerspective 
Excellent!!!!!