Don't Blame The Flag Poem by Curtis Johnson

Don't Blame The Flag Curtis Johnson

When the police came with clubs, dogs, and fire hoses,they did not blame the American flag. When protesters were beaten, jailed, and some killed, they did not blame the American flag.When many were sent off to fight for the rights of but not their own,they did not blame the American flag.When in uniform they were treated as second-class citizens far from home, they did not blame the American flag. When their own country discriminated and demeaned them on foreign soil,they did not blame the American flag
When on bended knees and believing in country, church, and God, against seemingly impossible odds, they fought for justice through the courts and the halls of Congress and won many incredible battles.
From the segregated schools and the cotton fields of the deep south, I saw the freedom riders. Yes, this baby boomer observed it all, but I do not recall that they blamed the American flag.
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