When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Die

p nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman"For Black Disabled Scholars Activists who recently passed away and for us to keep his/her work alive/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" He/She works in isolation/p p class="MsoNormal" Ripples becomes waves/p p class="MsoNormal" Spreading on the earth/p p class="MsoNormal" For future generations/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold"When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Who will rise/p p class="MsoNormal" To continue to writebr / And fight/p p class="MsoNormal" To keep their work in the public eye/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" We will all die/p p class="MsoNormal" That is why/p p class="MsoNormal" Life is more about we lest about I/p p class="MsoNormal" But every thing starts with one then becomes many/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold"When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Do we, the community, take time/p p class="MsoNormal" To learn about his or her life/p p class="MsoNormal" Or do we just go back to our 9 to 5/p p class="MsoNormal" We should ask why they r still not in our text books/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" While we read about President Nixon, the Crook/p p class="MsoNormal" We donrsquo;t need a federal holiday to pay respect/p p class="MsoNormal" And to give back/p p class="MsoNormal" Follow their words put them into action/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold"When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Do we get a memorial/p p class="MsoNormal" Time goes on/p p class="MsoNormal" There are spider webs on their tombstones/p p class="MsoNormal" Caught up in ivory walls their words who will own/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Black disabled youth searching/p p class="MsoNormal" No mirrors no reflection/p p class="MsoNormal" BA MA still donrsquo;t know who I am/p p class="MsoNormal" Found Irsquo;m not alone through self education/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold"When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Oppression even in the grave/p p class="MsoNormal" Still We Rise creating pathways/p p class="MsoNormal" Broken frames mending for a picture that lies inside/p p class="MsoNormal" Who will hang this exhibit with our span data-scayt_word="assistors’" data-scaytid="1"assistorsrsquo;/span namesbr style="mso-special-character:line-break" /br / nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" By Leroy Moore span data-scayt_word="Jr" data-scaytid="2"Jr/span./p p 12/17/11/p