Bri Edwards Rights Poems

Richard Wright (1908-1960)died of a heart attack.

When growing up, ‘black', in Mississippi, he learned to watch his "nigger" back,
i.e. he learned ‘his place' in dealings with the dominating ‘Southern Whites'.
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Here in Fortuna, northern California,
chickens demand their "civil rights".
They ‘cluck': "If we don't get our rights,
there'll be some very nasty fights! "
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Richard Wright (1908-1960)died of a heart attack.

When growing up, ‘black', in Mississippi, he learned to watch his "nigger" back,
i.e. he learned ‘his place' in dealings with the dominating ‘Southern Whites'.
...

The U.S. Declaration of Independence …
states that we're "endowed" …
with some very pleasant-sounding "rights" …
which somehow were allowed …
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The U.S. Declaration of Independence …
states that we're 'endowed' …
with some very pleasant-sounding 'rights' …
which somehow were allowed …
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Disputes have arisen around sex differences,
I'd say for ages,
over various issues like women's suffrage,
and unequal wages,
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