by
the lash and the sword
by
intolerance, betrayal
the
things we have done
as
a people, a nation
to
deny them equality
that
all of us are free
equal
before our Creator
and
equal under law
we
are the stumbling blocks
making
them fall
Edited
January 22, 2013
“by
the lash and the sword”
Edited
January 22, 2013
“Our
Creed a Lie”
Edited
January 22, 2013
“Endowed
by the Creator”
Edited
January 22, 2013
new
poem, “Equal in our eyes”
Edited
January 22, 2013
new
poem “All should be equal”
Edited
January 22, 2013
new
poem “Unfinished Work”
January
21, 2013
“Work
still to do”
January
21, 2013
“Our
journey is not complete”
January
21, 2013
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
and
his final speech before his assassination
and
Inauguration of the President
Barack
Hussein Obama
Invocation
by
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural
Address
&
quote
in the speech, “"Our journey is not complete until
our
gay brothers and sisters are treated like
anyone else under the law"”
&
&
several
poems written in 2009
on
the juxtaposition of the
80th
birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and
the inauguration of Barack Obama
as
President of the United States of America
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