The history of the greatest blacks <br />The black men and women with a vision <br />The black women and men on a mission <br />Those sold in and out of slavery <br />Those born into and out of slavery <br /> <br />The suffering and the endurance <br />With stories of struggle and tears <br />And today they have baked a pot of hope <br />For the future generation <br />That will become part and parcel of many nations <br />Now each morning with every new sunrise <br />Many of us in the dark are beginning to rise <br /> <br />The greatest blacks <br />At night they were restless <br />With light they became fearless <br />They have slowly silenced the violence <br />That many of us will never get to experience <br />Overcoming racism, segregation, discrimination <br />And they have told us that nothing is impossible <br />And they have spoken that everything is beyond reach <br /> <br />They have overcome the power of the dark <br />Leaving upon the future a penned historical mark <br /> <br />Copyright 2014 Sylvia Lovina Chidi<br /><br />Sylvia Chidi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-greatest-blacks/
