John W. Gross Jr.; Baltimore Afro-American Ledger, August 10, 1907
Among the saying of our race, Suggestive and surprising; That fill a most exalted place, Is "tell them we are rising." Continue reading
Tag Archives: manhood
(poem in What the People Do column) (1914)
no author; Chicago Defender, October 24, 1914
Stand up! Be counted, O men of the race. The voice of wisdom calleth thee. Continue reading
We Are Men (1914)
Wm. H. Maxwell; Baltimore Afro-American Ledger, March 7, 1914
Though we are black, and they are white,
Though they seem high and term us low,
They should not strangle with ugly might,
For we are men and the world must know. Continue reading
The Black Man’s Burden (1921)
T. Thomas Fortune [The Outlook]; Chicago Defender, April 9, 1921
What is the Black Man's Burden, "Ye hypocrites and vile," "Ye whited sepulchers," From th' Amazon to the Nile? What is the Black Man's Burden, Ye Gentile parasites, Who crush and rob your brother Of his manhood and his rights?
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Africa, Over the Sea (1908)
T. J. Flanagan in the Atlanta Independent, March 21, 1908
(Tune: America)
My home, sweet Africa’s hills,
My heart with rapture it fills
To think of thee.
Thy holy laws I sing,
Wisdom and justice cling,
Thy bells of welcome ring
Over the sea.
