Torch-lights and stepping-stones from slavery to self-government; waking up, and inspiring poetry, and orations to solve the race problem .. . overnment is held by few, Bloody wars,and massacres will brew; Christianity will be a dream; And the world with vice,and crime will teem. Let love for God and men in every nation, Be the peoples highest aspiration; Then thirst for empire,and greed for gain. Will cease to agitate the peoples brain. All will achieve equal education, And be of equal worth to civilization. Children of light,they all will love all others, As their intelligent,and worthy brot
Torch-lights and stepping-stones from slavery to self-government; waking up, and inspiring poetry, and orations to solve the race problem .. . overnment is held by few, Bloody wars,and massacres will brew; Christianity will be a dream; And the world with vice,and crime will teem. Let love for God and men in every nation, Be the peoples highest aspiration; Then thirst for empire,and greed for gain. Will cease to agitate the peoples brain. All will achieve equal education, And be of equal worth to civilization. Children of light,they all will love all others, As their intelligent,and worthy brothers. Is it for this we do to Europe go. The central powers there to overthrow; Then hoist old glory high into the air, Gladly will we hurry with it there; As she proudly floats neath Europes sky, Well fight beneath her til we win or die. When we return to Americas shore, If we dont find for us an open door, To rulership in our state,and nation; Abolished jim-crow laws,and segregation; Well show them other wars will then be fought Until we gain the equal rights we ought Or emigrate to nnother place; And govern ourselves,and our race. 12.
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