Choices
King had dream.
Obama was squeaky clean.
Malcolm said by any means.
Huey P,
had an army.
Back to Africa was Marcus Garvey.
Langston Hughes wrote
Stokeley Spoke.
Rosa Parks
gave the Spark
Harritet Tubman
lead us out of the dark.
Joe Louis was the people’s champ.
W.E.B. Dubois was en lighten like a lamp.
Ben Carson had gifted hands.
Ida B. Wells took a brave stand.
Fredrick Douglass,
said knowledge is power.
And so be it,
the African American experience is power
and we have yet to see our finest hour.
