My husband told me about a fellow student. They were both in a gifted school. For this black student, he managed to get into this prestigious high school. But he said that the books they got came from a white school. And the white kids would deface them and tear pages out,

This was 60 years ago. But do not be fooled. The schools are still not equal. We expect our kids to do well in school, but against such odds very few do.

When black parents take their grievances to the school board, they are either ignored or the matter is written down in some minutes somewhere that never see the light of day

How can we expect kids to want to go to school when they can not get the books they need for their class? Or their books are ruined because kids in another school decide to ruin them for kicks

I know there are some dedicated teachers who make copies of the pages missing for each child for rach subject

Credit google for the photo

Thank you for reading my poem

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