Spread Joy
Spread Joy
Do something good for others.
Give hugs to family and friends.
Lift up those who have fallen.
They will appreciate your kindness.
A Black Portrait
A Black Portrait Why can’t the races get along? There has been a long history That explains this urgent problem Slavery was rampant in America. Blacks were abused. Jim Crow was alive and well. And for years many Blacks Lived in fear in America There was lynching, emancipation, Followed by the suppression of the vote There was a lack of educational opportunities. A lack of jobs that permeated the Black society. Families were separated and abused. Many Blacks migrated from the South. They headed North where the opportunities Were better for them in finding jobs For years Blacks lived separated from Whites Eventually they were integrated in the U.S. Army Civil Rights fights led to some gains Still discrimination pervaded the land As Black voices accentuated their struggles The NAACP was formed to champion their cause A lot changed in the 1960s When there were riots in the land But change continued to be slow Blacks began to
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