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HIGH WATER EVERYWHERE IBD

AQUARIUS PRESS
03 / 2022
9781737987659
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Sinopsis

Poetry collection by Gary Copeland Lilley. LilleyâÇÖs collection addresses flashpoints in African American history including the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 and Hurricane Katrina. Second edition with new poems.EXCERPT:Colonel Waddell on the Morning of November 10, 1898from High Water EverywhereThey vote Republican black.áThey walkOur streets with their heads up, with more freedomThan a white man, and now we have been madeTo conduct our cityâÇÖs business underThe rule of carpet-baggers and negroes.White men will suffer eternallyIf we do not honor that itâÇÖs our bloodThat makes North Carolina sacred ground.If we donâÇÖt act theyâÇÖll soon have the landAnd all our grand history thatâÇÖs on it:The Confederate graves, all the gray menFrom all our families, to their proud deathsGive glory, honor the white way of life.Let black bodies choke the Cape Fear River.

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