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Subject: CHURCH BURNINGS
Matches Found: 5

BALLAD OF BIRMINGHAM, by DUDLEY RANDALL    Poem Text                 Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Mother dear, may I go downtown
Subject(s): Birmingham, Alabama; Bombs; Church Burnings; Civil Rights Movement; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry


BALLAD OF BIRMINGHAM, by DUDLEY RANDALL    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Mother dear, may I go downtown
Last Line: But baby, where are you?
Subject(s): Birmingham, Alabama; Bombs; Church Burnings; Civil Rights Movement; Racism


CHURCH BURNING: MISSISSIPPI, by JAMES ANDREW EMANUEL    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In fragrant dixie's arms
Last Line: Some rooted young ones broke from dixie's arms %and dropped like firebrands on the fragrant hearth
Subject(s): Church Burnings; Racism


WHAT WAS LEFT OVER; FOR SUJATA BHATT, by ELEANOR WILNER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As you said, sujata, it was not
Last Line: Atomized silk of its spray.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilner, Eleanor Rand
Subject(s): Altars; Church Burnings; Clergy; Sacrifices; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


WINKING AT A FUNERAL (2), by ALICE WALKER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Those were the days
Last Line: Knew the arsonist %of the church?
Subject(s): Church Burnings; Racism