Read my political protest poem that uplifts the Black origins of Memorial Day
in the U.S.
Note on Memorial Day is my response to attacks on First Amendment rights in the USA, and specifically, a systematic anti-Black erasure of U.S. history. It contains 22 words/phrases flagged by the government.
A poem about resilience and patriotism during The Civil War (1861-1865). Decoration Day - an event in Charleston, South Carolina on May 1, 1865 - evolved into what we now know as Memorial Day, which became a federal holiday in 1971.
