The Beginning
Finalist: Katie Adams
Cedar Cliff High School
He asks himself:
“Why is there so much hate in the world?”
“Why can’t we all be great?”
He knows everyone is beautiful
But he knows people are not safe
Tired of discrimination,
Oppression is getting old
Stokely tells the generation:
“Black Power is bold!”
He listens very carefully
To all the leader’s voices
Martin Luther King Jr. makes his plan
He makes careful and scrupulous choices.
Soon after, he stands in front of the nation
Talking about his dream
He has a particular fixation
Of which he will scream
No violence to reach equality
With Gandhi’s thoughts by his side
He has the nation’s attention
And takes them for a ride.