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| Searching... Subject: RACIAL PREJUDICE Matches Found: 148 A CONTRACT. (FOR THE DESTRUCTION AND REBUILDING OF PATERSON), by AMIRI BARAKA Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Flesh, and cars, tar, dug holes beneath stone Alternate Author Name(s): Jones, Leroi Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry A FAIR NYMPH SCORNING A BLACK BOY COURTING HER, by JOHN CLEVELAND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stand off, and let me take the air Last Line: Than wash thy ethiopian skin. Subject(s): Blacks; Courtship; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry A LITANY OF ATLANTA, by WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O silent god, thou whose voice in mist and mystery hath left our ears Last Line: Selah! Alternate Author Name(s): Du Bois, W. E. B. Subject(s): African Americans; Lynching; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry A RECENT DIALOGUE, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A bishop and a bold dragoon Last Line: "his nose the cue) ""amen." Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Quarrels; Racism; Reason; Arguments; Disagreements; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals A RECONSIDERATION OF THE BLACKBIRD, by THYLIAS MOSS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let's call him jim crow Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry A SONG FOR SOWETO, by JUNE JORDAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At the throat of soweto Last Line: With the song of soweto Subject(s): Soweto, South Africa; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry A SOUTHERN SCENE, by PRISCILLA JANE THOMPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Far in the land of sunny south Last Line: On those who doth on thee believe? Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Southern States; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; South (u.s.) AFTERIMAGES, by AUDRE LORDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: However the image enters Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Jackson, Mississippi; Till, Emmett (1941-1955); Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry AJAX' CONCLUSION, by FRANK BARBOUR COFFIN Poem Text First Line: My friends, our race is ostracised Last Line: The future's on our shoulders staid. Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry ALIENS (TO YOU - EVERYWHERE! DEDICATED), by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They seem to smile as others smile, the masquerader's art Last Line: While peace shall spread a rainbow o'er the earth from pole to pole. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry AMBITION, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They brought the mighty chief to town Last Line: "me heap big chief, me look like hell." Subject(s): Comedy; Native Americans; Racism; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry ANGELINY, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come right hyar, yo' angeliny Last Line: Tink yo's irish too? Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Blacks; Ireland; Racism; Irish; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry AT THE CLOSED GATE OF JUSTICE, by JAMES DAVID CORROTHERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To be a negro in a day like this Last Line: "merely a negro"" - in a day like this!" Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Stock Exchange; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry AT THE MOVIE: VIRGINIA, 1956, by ELLEN BRYANT VOIGT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is how it was: Subject(s): Racism; Southern States; Motion Pictures; Youth; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; South (u.s.); Movies; Cinema BABY VILLON, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: He tells me in bangkok he's robbed Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry 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 BARTOW BLACK, by TIMOTHY THOMAS FORTUNE Poem Text First Line: Twas when the proclamation came Last Line: There was no need to stay! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Racism; Antislavery Movement - United States; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BIGOTRY'S VICTIM, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dares the lama, most fleet of the sons of the wind Last Line: What remains, but to curse him, -- to curse him and die? Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BITTER FRUIT OF THE TREE, by STERLING ALLEN BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They said to my grandmother: 'please do not be bitter.' Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BLACK FOR THE PEOPLE, by JEAN VALENTINE Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The man I am with is black Subject(s): Love - Cultural Differences; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BLACK WOMAN, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography Last Line: I must not give you birth! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BLUES FOR BESSIE, by MYRON O'HIGGINS Poem Text First Line: Let de peoples known (unnh) / what they did in dat southern town Last Line: Wid de blood (lawd) a-streamin' down Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Blues (music); Racism; Singing & Singers; Smith, Bessie (1894-1937); Social Protest; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BOCAS: A DAUGHTER'S GEOGRAPHY, by NTOZAKE SHANGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have a daughter/ mozambique Alternate Author Name(s): Williams, Paulette Subject(s): Blacks - History; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BONDAGE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Many cages round me Last Line: My garden walks lie inwardly! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BROTHERS, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: See! There he stands; not brave, but with an air Last Line: "brothers in spirit, brothers in deed are we?" Subject(s): Lynching; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry CANE: PORTRAIT IN GEORGIA, by JEAN TOOMER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hair - braided chestnut Last Line: Of black flesh after flame. Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Georgia (state); Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry CAPTAIN KIDD, by T. B. HUNT Poem Text First Line: A buccaneer, a bad man Last Line: "I'd knife ye!"" and I would." Subject(s): Boats; Racism; Sea; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Ocean CLAUDETTE COLVIN GOES TO WORK, by RITA DOVE Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Menial twilight sweeps the storefronts along lexington Last Line: Whenever sleep comes down on me Subject(s): Bus Terminals; Parks, Rosa (1913-2005); Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry COLERIDGE JACKSON, by MAYA ANGELOU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Coleridge jackson had nothing to fear Last Line: Away, lurking at something else Subject(s): Racism; African Americans; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIATION, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Whenever in america Last Line: Bhjushkst zwmstk rstk pbjunsk pjbrs Subject(s): Ignorance;racism; Dullness;stupdity;racial Prejudice;bigotry CONVERSION, by JEAN TOOMER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: African guardian of souls Subject(s): Blacks; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry DE NIGGER'S GOT TO GO, by DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS Poem Text First Line: Dear liza, I is bin down town Last Line: "wez not a gwine to go." Subject(s): African Americans; Attucks, Crispus (1723-1770); Boston Massacre; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry DEAR OLD DICK, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Said dear old dick Last Line: "to wait on st. Peter world without end." Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Waiters & Waitresses; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry DEEP SOUTH, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: These are savannas bluer than your dreams Last Line: Of bones in museums, where the black boys yawn Subject(s): Catullus, Gaius Valerius (84-54 B.c.); Louisiana; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry DISCRIMINATION, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I don't mind the human race Subject(s): Mankind; Race Awareness; Racism; Human Race; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry DR. SAMUEL ADOLPHUS CARTWRIGHT ON DISSECTING THE WHITE NEGRO, 1851, by NATASHA TRETHEWEY Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: To strip from the flesh Subject(s): Racism; Cartwright, Samuel A. (1793-1863); Racial Prejudice; Bigotry DRAFT OF A RAP FOR WEN HO LEE, by JUNE JORDAN Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): United States - Immigration & Emigtration; Asian Americans - Chinese; Racism; Chinese In The United States; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry EPITAPH FOR A BIGOT, by DOROTHY VENA JOHNSON Poem Text First Line: Life to the bigot is a whip Last Line: And cringed to death -- a refugee. Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry FAITH, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The faint lose faith Last Line: And yet— Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Faith; Racism; Belief; Creed; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry FOR ANY UNBORN NEGRO, by FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Brush / his lips lightly, life! Last Line: But death Subject(s): Africna Americans; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; America FOR MALCOLM X, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All you violated ones with gentle hearts Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1) Subject(s): African Americans; Malcolm X (malcolm Little) (1925-1965); Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry FOR THE UNION DEAD, by ROBERT LOWELL Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: The old south boston aquarium stands Variant Title(s): Colonel Shaw And The Massachusetts 54 Subject(s): African Americans - Military; American Civil War; Boston; Duty; Heroism; Massachusetts; Monuments; Racism; Saint-gaudens, Augustus (1848-1907); Shaw, Robert Gould (1847-1863); Soldiers; United States - History; Heroes; Heroines; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry FOREDOOM, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Her life was dwarfed, and wed to blight Last Line: Her soul, a bud,—that never bloomed Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry FREEDOM TRAIN, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I read in the papers about the / freedom train Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Railroads; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Railways; Trains GANGRENE, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: One was kicked in the stomach Subject(s): Racism; Torture; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry HAPA - HAOLE, by BIM MELGAARD Poem Text First Line: I am a half-caste, young but unwanted Last Line: Go with hibiscus blooms red in my hair. Subject(s): Love - Cultural Differences; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry HARDBALL, by CLAYTON ESHLEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I see the raped and beaten black body Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry HARLEM, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What happens to a dream deferred Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Variant Title(s): Dream Deferred;lenox Avenue Mural;harlem: 2;from Montage Of A Dream Deferred: Harlem (2) Subject(s): African Americans; Dreams; Gays & Lesbians; Men; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Nightmares; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry HAROLD, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: From the west comes harold, with a bitter smile Last Line: And six-cent stamp for home Subject(s): Hospitals; Jews; Racism; Judaism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry HAUPTMANN, by PERCY MACKAYE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jean christophe called to him out of the night Last Line: Fall crumbling on the beaconless world shore. Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace Subject(s): Racism; War; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry HYMN FOR LANIE POO, by AMIRI BARAKA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O / these wild trees Last Line: For that mayyer, by god Alternate Author Name(s): Jones, Leroi Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Racism; Sisters; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry I MUST BECOME A MENACE TO MY ENEMIES, by JUNE JORDAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I will no longer lightly walk behind Last Line: I must become a menace to my enemies Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry INCIDENT, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once riding in old baltimore Subject(s): African Americans; Baltimore, Maryland; Racism; Social Protest; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry INCIDENT, by NATASHA TRETHEWEY Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: We tell the story every year -- Subject(s): Racism; Gulfport, Mississippi; Klu Klux Khan; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry JASPER TEXAS 1998, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I am a man's head hunched in the road. Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry JIM CROW, by SAMUEL L. SCHIERLOH Poem Text First Line: They've set a bounty on your head Last Line: Old jim crow. Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry KEF 24, by HENRY DUMAS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lay sixteen bales down in front on the plank Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry LINES, by SAMUEL ALFRED BEADLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How I love my country you have heard Last Line: And blind to your faults as to mine. Subject(s): African Americans - Military; Racism; Spanish-american War (1898); Racial Prejudice; Bigotry LINES TO CASTE, by SAMUEL ALFRED BEADLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The things I love I may not touch Last Line: Of wanton, faithless infidel. Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry LISTEN CHILDREN, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Text Poet's Biography Subject(s): Children; Racism; Childhood; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry LOOK WITHIN, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, let me not be silent while we fight Last Line: While worm-infested, rotten through within! Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): Fascism & Fascists; Racism; United States; World War Ii; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; America; Second World War LYNCHED NEGRO, by MAXWELL BODENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Your downcast, harlequin, defenceless face Last Line: Corrects the tongues of bungling, churlish men. Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry LYNCHERS, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At the moon's down-going, let it be Last Line: On the quarry hill with its one gnarled tree. Subject(s): Lynching; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry MAN BIGOT, by MAYA ANGELOU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The man who is a bigot Last Line: You simply smiling anymore Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry MENTAL HORIZONS: 5. PROFESSOR WHITEPRIDE-RACE PREJUDICE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Anon approaches a critical sage Last Line: "whether jap or german, swede or kurd!" Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry MINOR MIRACLE, by MARILYN NELSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Which reminds me of another knock-on-wood Alternate Author Name(s): Waniek, Marilyn Nelson Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Regret; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, by THYLIAS MOSS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who never sang for my father? Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry MISERERE: ECCE HOMO, by DAVID GASCOYNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Whose is this horrifying face Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Racism; World War Ii; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Second World War MISSISSIPPI, by E. ETHELBERT MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Death surrounds itself with the living Subject(s): Names; African Americans; Racism; Mississippi; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry MULATTO, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Because I am the white man's son - his own Last Line: To gain the utmost freedom that is life. Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): Mulattos; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry NEGROES, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: One night in april or may Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Cruelty; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry NIGGER, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I am the nigger Last Line: I am the nigger. Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry NIGHT, DEATH, MISSISSIPPI, by ROBERT EARL HAYDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A quavering cry. Screech-owl? Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Southern States; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; South (u.s.) NIGHTMARE BEGINS RESPONSIBILITY, by MICHAEL S. HARPER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I place these numbed wrists to the pane Last Line: Nightmare begins responsibilit Subject(s): Death - Children; Racism; Death - Babies; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry NO MATTER, by SCUDDER MIDDLETON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tonight it matters not to me Last Line: And I am here without a world. Subject(s): Indifference; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry OLD LEM, by STERLING ALLEN BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I talked to old lem Last Line: "but they come by tens." Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry ON A HIGHWAY EAST OF SELMA, ALABAMA; JULY 1965, by GREGORY ORR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As the sheriff remarked: I had no business being there. He was Last Line: And still he refuses to swallow. Subject(s): African Americans; Mississippi; Prisons & Prisoners; Racism; Selma, Alabama; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry ON A PRAYER-BOOK, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O ary scheffer! When beneath thine eye Last Line: Making all burdens light, and breaking every chain. Subject(s): Blacks; Christianity; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry ON THE FIGURE OF A NEGRO SUPPORTING A DIAL (IN FRONT OF ARLEY HALL), by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To those critics one word, who the reason implore Last Line: A negro of course should be near an egress. Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Blacks; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry ON THE LOSS OF ENERGY (AND OTHER THINGS), by JUNE JORDAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No more the chicken and the egg come Last Line: And so do I Subject(s): Class Struggle; Racism; Social Commentary; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry OPPRESSION, by JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Is a question of strength Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry PARSLEY, by RITA DOVE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a parrot imitating spring Subject(s): Dominican Republic; Language; Parsley; Racism; Trujillo, Rafael (1891-1961); Words; Vocabulary; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry POEM ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE, by JUNE JORDAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me something Last Line: You think the accident rate would lower subsequently Subject(s): United States - Race Relations; Racism; African Americans; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Negroes; American Blacks POEM OF DISCONNECTED PARTS, by ROBERT PINSKY Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: At robben island the political prisoners studied. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Racism; Social Commentaries; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry POEM, SMALL AND DELIBLE, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We have been picketing woolworth's Last Line: Picketing woolworth's. Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948); India; Social Protest; Racism; Women; Women's Rights; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Feminism PORTRAIT IN GEORGIA, by JEAN TOOMER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hair--braided chestnut, Subject(s): Lynching; Racism; Georgia (state) African Americans - Women; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry PREJUDICE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: These fell miasmic rings of mist, with ghoulish menace bound Last Line: The fire of whose furnaces may sleep—but never dies! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry PURPLE VEINS, by MILDRED FOWLER FIELD Poem Text First Line: He dreamed - just once - of touching a white woman Last Line: Reeling trees and rippled purple silence! Subject(s): African Americans; Colors; Racism; White (color); Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry QUESTION, by CHARLES ELMER HUBER Poem Text First Line: Can you tell Last Line: Or of shifting sand? Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry QUESTION, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where are the brave men, where are the strong me? Last Line: Of prejudice. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry RIGHT ON: WHITE AMERICA, by SONIA SANCHEZ Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: This country might have Last Line: Gun/shells on our blk/tomorrows. Subject(s): Racism; United States; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; America RUSH HOUR, by BRUCE A. JACOBS Poem Text First Line: My honda drops Subject(s): Automobiles; Escapes; Family Life; Racism; Cars; Fugitives; Relatives; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry SAYINGS OF HENRY STEPHENS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If you get enough money Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Farm Life; Coal Mines & Miners; Springfield, Illinois'; Strikes; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Agriculture; Farmers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts SISTERS, by MARILYN NELSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The school bus drove us home from high school, where Alternate Author Name(s): Waniek, Marilyn Nelson Subject(s): Women's Rights; Racism; Feminism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry SISTERS IN ARMS, by AUDRE LORDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The edge of our bed was a wide grid Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Death - Children; South Africa; Racism; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Death - Babies; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry SOUNDING, by AMIRI BARAKA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And so the seasons, they tell us Last Line: Blind visionaries babbling Alternate Author Name(s): Jones, Leroi Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Social Protest; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: SHACK DYE, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The white men played all sorts of jokes on me Last Line: What moved you about spoon river. Subject(s): Practical Jokes; Racism; Pranks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry STATUS QUO, by H. BINGA DISMOND Poem Text First Line: Let bourbons fight for status quo Last Line: Without a vestige of jim crow. Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry STRANGE FRUIT, by JOY HARJO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was out in the early evening, taking a walk in the fields to think about this Subject(s): African Americans; Jazz; Lynching; Music & Musicians; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry STRONG MEN, by STERLING ALLEN BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They dragged you from the homeland Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Slavery; Social Protest; Strength; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Serfs STUMPTOWN ATTENDS THE PICTURE SHOW, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Word has come and martha the ticket girl Last Line: Moving in a cloud of dust toward the theater marquee. Subject(s): Canton, Georgia; Motion Pictures; Police; Racism; Southern States; Movies; Cinema; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; South (u.s.) THE BALLAD OF AUNT GENEVA, by MARILYN NELSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Geneva was the wild one Alternate Author Name(s): Waniek, Marilyn Nelson Subject(s): Family Life; Literary Form; Racism; Relatives; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE BALLAD OF RUDOLPH REED, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rudolph reed was oaken Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE BEGGAR'S SOLILOQUY, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now, this, to my notion, is pleasant cheer Last Line: May I perish! -- we're never contented -- heigho! Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE BIGOT, by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The foolish roman fondly thought Last Line: To fit your own contracted heart. Subject(s): Christianity; God; Pantheism; Racism; Religion; Rome, Italy; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Theology THE BLACK MAN IS MAKING NEW GODS, by AMIRI BARAKA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Atheist jews double crossers stole our secrets crossed Last Line: And put you back in a cold box Alternate Author Name(s): Jones, Leroi Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE BLACK UNICORN, by AUDRE LORDE Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The black unicorn is greedy Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba Subject(s): Unicorns; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE DEMONSTRATION, by GREGORY ORR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They bob above us all afternoon Last Line: Their spells had summoned up. Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Conventions; Democratic Party (u.s.); Elections; Protest, Social; Racism; Assemblies; Meetings; Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE ENACTMENT, by RITA DOVE Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Can't use no teenager, especially Last Line: We have prepared for her Subject(s): Parks, Rosa (1913-2005); Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE INDIAN HUNTER, by ELIZA COOK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, why does the white-man follow my path Last Line: Who never did harm to him. Variant Title(s): Song Of The Red Indian Subject(s): Native Americans; Racism; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE LABORS OF HERCULES, by MARIANNE MOORE Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: To popularize the mule, its neat exterior Last Line: "that the german is not a hun." Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE LITTLE BLACK BOY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My mother bore me in the southern wild Last Line: And be like him, and he will then love me. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Bible; Brotherhood; Freedom; Mothers; Mythology; Racism; Liberty; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He lifted up his pleading eyes Last Line: In whirlwinds of god's wrath. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Murder; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE MYSTIC RIVER, by GALWAY KINNELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I cross Last Line: Bit of secret, lighted flesh, open up the earth? Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Southern States; Racism; South (u.s.); Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I've known rivers Last Line: My soul has grown deep like the rivers. Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans - History; Holidays; New Year; Racism; Rivers; Time; Black Heritage; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE NEGRO'S LAMENT, by JOHN WILLIS MENARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How long, o god! How long must I remain Last Line: Of blood has paid the debt, and I am free! Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE NEW ANTHEM, by NORMAN BOLKER Poem Text First Line: Hammered steel strips laid out Last Line: With joy and peace on every face. Subject(s): Poverty; Racism; Religious Discrimination; Social Protest; United States; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Religious Conflict; America THE NIGHT THAT LORCA COMES, by BOB KAUFMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography Last Line: The white south shall gather / at preservation hall Subject(s): African Americans; Southern States; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; South (u.s.); Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE PARIAH, by JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Owned her father all the fact'ries Last Line: "while our bodies are but clods!" Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE REGENT'S EXAMINATION, by JESSIE WALLACE HUGHAN Poem Text First Line: Muffled sounds of the city climbing to me at the window Last Line: Neuter and safe shall it be? Or a flame to burst us asunder? Subject(s): Examinations; Immigrants; Racism; United States - Race Relations; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE SELVEGE, by LINDA GREGERSON Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: So door to door among the shotgun Subject(s): Social Classes; Geese; Obama, Barack; Racism; Caste; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE SITUATION IS INTOLERABLE', by RITA DOVE Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Intolerable: that civilized word Last Line: O yes. O mercy on our souls Subject(s): Parks, Rosa (1913-2005); Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE SWEETNESS OF BOBBY HEFKA, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What do you make of little bobby hefka Subject(s): Classmates; Racism; Schoolmates; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE TEXAS COWBOY AND THE MEXICAN GREASER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I think we can all remember when a greaser hadn't Subject(s): Cowboys;honor;racism;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Racial Prejudice;bigotry;southwest;pacific States THE VIOLENCE OF PRONOUN, by PRIMUS ST. JOHN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Loving came her way Last Line: "that makes us vicious." Subject(s): Marriage; Racism; Slavery; Social Problems; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Serfs THE WHITE CITY, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I will not toy with it nor bend an inch Last Line: Are sweet like wanton loves because I hate. Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): African Americans; Hate; Men; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE ZEBRA GOES WILD WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS, by HENRY DUMAS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Neon stripes tighten my wal Subject(s): United States; Racism; Fathers; America; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry TIGER, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The white man is a tiger at my throat Last Line: The tiger in his strength his thirst must slake! Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): Racism; United States; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; America TO A RELATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by HENRY HARRISON Poem Text First Line: You snicker that you do not care for him Last Line: It's you who live, but never can survive! Subject(s): Ignorance; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Racism; Shame; Dullness; Stupdity; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry TO HORROR, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dark horror, hear my call! Last Line: I will behold and smile by mercy's side. Subject(s): Colonialism; England; Injustice; Missions & Missionaries; Racism; Slavery; Terror; Vengeance; English; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Serfs TO MISS MARY BRITTON, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God the right, arise Last Line: "due meed for your endeavor." Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry TO THE SOUTH ON ITS NEW SLAVERY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Heart of the southland, heed me pleading now Last Line: Till thou, oh, south, and thine, come to thine own. Subject(s): Racism; Southern States; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; South (u.s.) TO THE WHITE FIENDS, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Think you I am not fiend and savage too? Last Line: To show thy little lamp: go forth, go forth! Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry TO THEODORE, by GEORGE MARION MCCLELLAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Such are the little memories of you Last Line: Kneel nightly now in agony of prayer. Subject(s): Death - Children; Racism; Death - Babies; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry TOMORROW, by E. ETHELBERT MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tomorrow / I will take the Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry TURMOIL IN A MORGUE, by MAXWELL BODENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Negro / chinaman Subject(s): Racism; Death; Morgues; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Dead, The UNCLE RUBE ON THE RACE PROBLEM, by CLARA ANN THOMPSON Poem Text First Line: How'd I solve de negro problum?' Last Line: Whethah folks like it or no. Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry UNDERTONES: CHINESE EDUCATION, by DAVID O'NEIL Poem Text First Line: Baby faces mirthless as shovels Last Line: And up they chirrup again. Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry VIETNAM #4, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A cat said / on the corner Subject(s): African Americans - Military; Vietnamese Conflict. 1961-1975; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry WARNING; SUGGESTED BY THE CHRISTIANA (PA.) TREASON TRIALS, by ALFRED GIBBS CAMPBELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Treason? Yes, make it treason, if ye will Last Line: "and led us forth in mercy and redeemed!" Subject(s): Racism; Slavery; Treason & Traitors; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Serfs WE HEARD HEALTH CARE, by CLAUDIA RANKINE Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: We heard health care and we thought public option Subject(s): Health Care & Insurance; United States - Politics & Government; Social Classes; Racism; Caste; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry WE WEAR THE MASK, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We wear the mask that grins and lies Last Line: We wear the mask! Subject(s): African Americans; Grief; Hypocrisy; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Sorrow; Sadness; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK, by DENISE DUHAMEL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: David didn't come to school tuesday, Last Line: The best of definitions we could come up with Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry WHEN I RISE UP, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I rise above the earth Last Line: And look down upon the things that fetter me. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry WHO SAID IT WAS SIMPLE, by AUDRE LORDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There are so many roots to the tree of anger Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry WORKSHOP ON RACISM (1), by TOI DERRICOTTE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Her mother is crying Last Line: "black"" is not a color, it is a Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry YET DO I MARVEL, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I doubt not god is good, well-meaning, kind Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry [WHITE PAPER #14], by MARTHA COLLINS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Black keys from trees white keys locked Last Line: Https://www.Poets.Org/poetsorg/poem/14 Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry |
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