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The Demise of jim crow in Minneapolis
...Fifty years ago...the age of self-reflection Hollow crumbs, shadows of proud vestiges As minneapolis' jim crow vanished slowly, Painfully, no longer admired at country club Cocktail parties cel......
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James Marshall Goff
Categories:
jim crow,
racism,
Form:
Narrative
And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
jim crow,
11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Brains and Guts: The Write, Right, Rite of Revolution
...Brains and guts orbit the soul— that polar star searing in the marrow of being. I was born somewhere between Einstein’s neurons Ginsburg beat poetry, the birth of rock and roll, revolution march......
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Daniel Henry Rodgers
Categories:
jim crow,
courage, destiny, history, imagery,
Form:
Spoken Word
AH ALICIA HILTON DANITA DELMONT STRIPPERS MARTHA BRAE WITCH JAMAICAN BREACH
...SEVERE STALKING FROM LEFT OVER STRIPPERS FROM PETER CLUB IN TAMPA ALI IA HILTON TALISA SHAW DANITA DELMONT AGENT KIWANI BUGGS FROM MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND STABLE OF JHORES HE SHARE WITH PETER GARGANO I......
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Yolanda Nicholsen
Categories:
jim crow,
allah,
Form:
Naat
Are and Are Not
... Disagreement, discussion, and debate are not indicators of hate. When fetuses die and their mothers no longer cry, we are practitioners of infanticide. Becoming rich from a Washington hitch......
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Kenneth Cheney
Categories:
jim crow,
corruption, culture,
Form:
Rhyme
Shame full travesty regarding fourth of July celebration
...Sham(e) full travesty regarding fourth of July celebration American independence day linkedin severance from English crown Continental Congress representatives parlayed courtesy thirteen origin......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
jim crow,
adventure, america, betrayal, birth,
Form:
Free verse
June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago
...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at App......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
jim crow,
america, anxiety, crush, evil,
Form:
Free verse
Make America Great Again - MAGA
...“Make America Great Again (MAGA)” Make America Great Again (MAGA) Where shall we begin MAGA has a negative connotation Greatness has never been in this nation A segment of the population f......
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Floyd Neal
Categories:
jim crow,
abuse, betrayal, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
SOUL'S CRY
...Soul's laugh soul's cry Soul's live soul's die But what of the soul's of trees Sipping soil in which we bleed Nature uses our body to feed Colorful tears shed are leaves Falling like a ballet......
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Karen Jones
Categories:
jim crow,
america, angst, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month
...My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month Which acknowledgement ought to be year round, similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic unconditional acceptance and ......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
jim crow,
abuse, africa, age, america,
Form:
Free verse
Deeper Than
...Slavery is not the end of atrocities Suffered by minority communities The every day systematic sway Of bricks piled against you like A wall of pain So many bricks The millions murdered for sim......
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Karen Jones
Categories:
jim crow,
abuse, africa, america, angst,
Form:
Free verse
Modern Cults, Part III
...You see the ones obsessed with race, these days they’re as common as fleas, convincing themselves that pigment makes you all that you’ll ever be. That something as dumb as color defines the pers......
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David Welch
Categories:
jim crow,
corruption, how i feel,
Form:
Rhyme
We Are All Colored--
...We are all colored, What is this; Term in the US in contrast with "white" Colored Middle English; Coloured was first used in the 14th century; Binding to be anything non Caucasian, European ......
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James Edward Lee Sr.
Categories:
jim crow,
analogy, appreciation, discrimination, humanity,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Remember To Pray
...when we look at ourselves as extraordinary Black people of color we can surmise that we've endured more than any others separate but equal, Jim Crow and slavery Black folks have taken a licking fo......
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Louise Nelson
Categories:
jim crow,
devotion, faith, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Jim Crow's Demise
...Hello. I was born after the Civil War and met my fate after much civil unrest. You may have never encountered me, but some things you might already know. My name is Jim Crow, and I was born and lived......
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Curtis Johnson
Categories:
jim crow,
race,
Form:
Prose Poetry
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