Books in the Willow Books Classics series

Poetry collection by Gary Copeland Lilley. Lilley's collection addresses flashpoints in African American history including the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 and Hurricane Katrina. Second edition with new poems.EXCERPT:Colonel Waddell on the Morning of November 10, 1898from High Water EverywhereThey vote Republican black. They walkOur streets with their heads up, with more freedomThan a white man, and now we have been madeTo conduct our city's business underThe rule of carpet-baggers and negroes.White men will suffer eternallyIf we do not honor that it's our bloodThat makes North Carolina sacred ground.If we don't act they'll soon have the landAnd all our grand history that's on it:The Confederate graves, all the gray menFrom all our families, to their proud deathsGive glory, honor the white way of life.Let black bodies choke the Cape Fear River.