RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: EQUAL RIGHTS
The John Lewis Bridge
Edmund Pettus was a leader of the KKK
They named a bridge after him
And on that bridge years later
They beat the hell out of black marchers
Marching for equal rights
Marching for the right to vote
Marching to be recognized
In an enlightened age there would be
no Edmund Pettus Bridge
It would be torn down stone by stone
Iron beam by iron beam
Scattered across the nation
Placed in museums and town halls
to remind us of our former ignorance
Instead let us remove the name of
Edmund Pettus and replace it with
one of the brave souls beaten on that
fateful day: The John Lewis Bridge
Let it be remembered by all who cross
the price that was paid that day
Let it serve as a reminder of the triumph
of the human spirit
The power of light over the darkness
Of good over evil
