Freedom Quilts and Poems

Talking About Slavery and Heroes

by Rasir C.

In slavery, we were not treated right

But now it is our turn to fight.

Harriet Tubman led the way of the Underground Railroad.

Malcolm X stood up for black people and

Martin Luther King, Jr did not use guns or darts,

But his dream lives on and he used his powerful words.

Barack Obama is the president and he takes care of the city and the people.

He lives in Washington, DC.

In this time, if people were fighting, I would tell them to stop and be friendly.

If I was the president, I would take every gun away.

Michelle Obama stood up for people too

By helping her kids and being a lawyer.

Beauty of Color

By Veronica and Nisa

The way to freedom is to stop slavery as in

Jail and catching bad people

And hurting people

The way to freedom is to help people.

Being nice, kind, and loyal.

You should be giving.

People are going to take some art lessons

When they have some freedom.

You would have to feel for people to be nice.

And then once they really got good at it, they became an artist.