Thursday, January 22, 2015

by the lash and the sword – v2

by the lash and the sword
by slavery and beatings
by intolerance, betrayal
by profiling, prejudice,
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, 2015
by the lash and the sword – v2

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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