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Yuri Kochiyama

A Poem

The United States turned their back on her.
They took away her father and her rights.
After…

Danielle Gibson in A Few Lines of History

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

A Poem

Danielle Gibson in A Few Lines of History

The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

A Poem

Danielle Gibson in A Few Lines of History

Fannie Lou Hamer

A Poem

Fannie Lou Hamer worked both days and nights,
Always striving to obtain improvement.
She was…

Danielle Gibson in A Few Lines of History

The Desegregation of American Schools

A Poem

Danielle Gibson in A Few Lines of History

The Original Boss Lady

A Poem

Shirley Chisholm obtained her claim to fame
In the election of seventy-two…

Danielle Gibson in A Few Lines of History

Selma to Montgomery

A Poem

On March the seventh, nineteen sixty-five,
Over six-hundred would march in protest…

Danielle Gibson in A Few Lines of History

The Murder of Emmett Till

A Poem