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BALLAD OF BIRMINGHAM





"Mother dear, may I go downtown


instead of out to play,


and march the streets of Birmingham


in a Freedom March today?"





"No, baby, no, you may not go,


for the dogs are fierce and wild,


and clubs and hoses, guns and jails


ain't good for a little child."





"But, mother, I won't be alone.


Other children will go with me,


and march the streets of Birmingham


to make our country free."





"No, baby, no, you may not go,


for I fear those guns will fire.


But you may go to church instead


and sing in the children's choir."





She has combed and brushed her nightdark hair,


and bathed rose petal sweet,


and drawn white gloves on her small brown hands,


and white shoes on her feet.





The mother smiled to know her child


was in the sacred place,


but that smile was the last smile


to come upon her face.





For when she heard the explosion,


her eyes grew wet and wild.


She raced through the streets of Birmingham


calling for her child.


She clawed through bits of glass and brick,


then lifted out

Can some one Help and perdict may be about?
The poem is about the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama during the Birmingham bus strike, 1960's. Poem is a dialog between mother and child. Child wants to participate in civil rights riots while Mom is concerned about child's safety. Actually modeled after actual events concluding with the bombing of 16th street Baptist Church in April 1963. Here is an article:


http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/clario...



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