The Greatest Blacks

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