In Black and White.

AuthorSmyth, Donald
PositionPoem

In Black and White A black coed. A white graduate. A city: Washington, D.C. Nineteen Fifties. Eisenhower. Cold War. Brown vs. Board of Education. Nouns like segregation and miscegenation, racial-mixing and lynching. Verbs like keep guard and watch where you go. Questions like: What's wrong with this and why shouldn't we, and what about parents and friends? The eyes follow passersby at the summer picnic. The dawn shouts and the night sings. A...

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