William Poag; Pittsburgh Courier, December 20, 1924
Who casts a slur on Negro worth, a stain on Negro fame,
Who dreads to won hi Negro blood, or live, or die the same,
Who scorns the warmth of Negro hearts, the clasp of Negro hands?
Let us but raise the veil tonight and shame him as he stands.
Fenton Johnson; Crisis, December 1913
I.
We are children of the sun,
Rising sun!
Weaving a Southern destiny,
Waiting for the mighty hour
When our Shiloh shall appear
With the flaming sword of right,
With the steel of brotherhood,
And emboss in crimson die
Liberty! Fraternity!
Clara M. Marcelle Bramlette (Chicago); Chicago Defender, September 22, 1917
Uncle Sam is calling us to fight. See[?] "Our gallant boys" are rallying, one and all: Even though they're often CHEATED of their right-- They are willing to obey their country's call!
no author; Pittsburgh Courier, February 9, 1929:
I am a Negro
Black like Ham, I’m told,
But ‘neath the black skin that covers me
Lies an unconquerable soul.
I am a Negro,
Once a slave, I sang and prayed [?]
Tho’ ‘neath cursed lashes that scarred me
I arose with a soul uncowered.
I am a Negro,
Tho’ lynched and justice from me jade,
Future years with all its torturing hell
Will find me marching upward, UNDISMAYED.
Thomas Young, O.G.L., in the Richmond Planet, February 17, 1900:
Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Five,
The blessed news was heard,
Those that were bound, it gave new life,
To hear those happy words.
