Townsend Allen; Colored American Magazine, August 1903:
Ay, black was the man, and black was the deed,
But blacker by far was the lawless creed
Of those lawless men with their faces white
Who avenged the deed in the dead of night!
Tag Archives: JUSTICE
A Tribute to the Negro Soldier (1920)
J. Aubrey Carpenter (Lincoln University, PA, April 1919); Philadelphia Tribune, July 10, 1920:
You who fought the Hun “over there”
On the shores of No-man’s Land,
Have now returned to your native soil
With honor and glory in hand.
I Am a Negro (1929)
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.
