The Riddle by Georgia Douglas Johnson
1 min to read
57 words

White men’s children spread over the earth— A rainbow suspending the drawn swords of birth, Uniting and blending the races in one The world man—cosmopolite—everyman’s son!

He channels the stream of the red blood and blue, Behold him! A Triton—the peer of the two; Unriddle this riddle of “outside in” White men’s children in black men’s skin.

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Lady, Lady by Anna Spencer
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