The Insignificance Of...
/…color of love will prevail: we, white,
black, yellow, red, shall pacify the clash
between good folks and ignorant, white trash,
haters who oppress others…
By Ngoc Nguyen
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Waiting For Equal Rights
/…we can't cause waves while…
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…say my rights are equal
but I get lower pay,
they say there is no…
By Brenda Arledge
Read MoreSwimming Against The Tide
/It's a piece of work about gender minorities…
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…looking
Keep Looking for the light
I’m used being an…
By Thami Magongo
Read MoreA Reckoning
/Courtesy reveals actual commitment to equal rights.
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…rounds from a pump-action 12-gauge shotgun took the lives of four souls - Floyd Sanford (shot twice), Bessie Lee Sanford, and Rosalie Sanford. Each died from close-range blasts that splattered blood, flesh and bone. The fifth shot was delivered to the chest of the murderer – Mahlon Robert Shipley…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreStatuesque
/A Fibonacci poem base…
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…we are the huddled masses yearning to breathe free
who know that sacrifice, not selfishness, like the humility of a bended knee
in peaceful protest against despotic tyranny…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreWinners Always Lose
/"Winners Always Lose" is a poem that depicts the reality of equal rights
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…this shadow box of authority
where we exist,
equal rights don’t have a…
By Brenda Arledge
Read MoreZero Equals Zero
/What if some zeros added…
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…comes to equal rights, nothing is more equal than zero. There is no way zero can be discriminated into being, more, or less. Zeros, whether plus, minus, or divided, remain equally committed to a sublime infinity of equality, equality…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreHaving An Equal Right...
/When a new girl arrives…
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…on the border there was a farm divided equally in half. One side was owned by Momma, Poppa, and Paulie while the other belong to another viewpoint. Appointed moderator the zebra was the acting referee in the simple farming life to a family who had a rich aristocratic…
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreMagdalena Raises Her Hand
/Magdalena has always been ignored…
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…was not sure when she realized that no one paid much attention to her. Was it in elementary school, when she would raise her hand constantly to answer the teacher's questions? Her arm would ache from shaking it, but Mrs. Alexander, her third grade teacher, would rarely call…
By Anita G. Gorman
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