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April Is National Poetry Month! 

THE VOICE OF FREEDOM

Attribution: CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ARCHIVE

ROBERT LEE 

FORMER FREEDOM SCHOOL STUDENT

I am the voice that is heard everywhere;

Each day I struggle to get segregation away from 

here.

I am the voice that men call upon

for Unity

for Brotherhood

for Now

for Eternity

I am the voice of Freedom.

Gaining me is America's task;

Through striving and sacrifice

Segregation will be unmasked.

I am the voice that speaks with great pride:

Segregation and discrimination will be cast aside.

I am the voice that proclaims,

"I will bring justice,"

"I will bring equality."

I am the voice that shouts,

"Segregation is dead."

I am the voice of freedom.

I will be -America! 

Read more about Civil Rights History and Poems @ CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ARCHIVE