LJ Idol Season Nine: "Greensboro Woolworth's, 1960"

[halfshellvenus]

Greensboro Woolworth's, 1960
lj idol season nine | week four | 157 words
“Nobody can ride your back if your back's not bent” (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Comments

[similiesslip]

Wow.

And yes, it is how you treat those you can choose to bully that defines your humanity (or lack there of.)

Great job. I wish I could write poetry like yours! This is very profound.

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you!

The prompt took me to this moment in the Civil Rights' struggle fairly quickly. The strength of being unmoveable is very powerful, especially when you are in the right.

[waltzmatildah]

Such a powerful entry.

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you very much. I'm glad you think so.

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you so much. This felt like the kind of thing that needed fewer words and not more, so as not to lessen the message.

[elledanger]

This is a great read, with a really clear and powerful message. And I absolutely love the line; "We will not beg for what you never had to earn."

[halfshellvenus]

I'm glad you noticed that line-- to me, it summed up so much of the Civil Rights' movement. It was a long, hard struggle for an equality that included a basic human decency others were simply _given_.

[tsuki_no_bara]

this is really, really good. short and powerful.

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you so much!