Divided N United
POETRY FORMAT, 14 Oct 2013
Rosa Parks – TRANSCEND Media Service
Bang bang bang!
Rang out the shots
Stand up if you’re Muslim
Bang bang bang!
Confusion galore
Humans were no more
Bang bang bang!
Rang out the shots
On blacks n whites n coloureds
On Muslims n Christians n others
On rich n middle class n poor
On Kenyans n foreigners
On males n females
On adults n children n the unborn
Bang bang boom!
The death bell rung
Dividing the divided
Uniting the divided
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (Feb 4, 1913-Oct 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress called “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement.” Her birthday and the day she was arrested have both become Rosa Parks Day. On Dec 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey the bus driver’s order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger. She was arrested and became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA.
Reposted from Pambazuka News 648 – Received through email, 3 Oct 2013.
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