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!
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