{"product_id":"high-water-everywhere-paperback","title":"High Water Everywhere - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Copeland Lilley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEXCERPT: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColonel Waddell on the Morning of November 10, 1898\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHigh Water Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey vote Republican black. They walk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur streets with their heads up, with more freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThan a white man, and now we have been made\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo conduct our city's business under\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rule of carpet-baggers and negroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite men will suffer eternally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we do not honor that it's our blood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat makes North Carolina sacred ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we don't act they'll soon have the land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd all our grand history that's on it: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Confederate graves, all the gray men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom all our families, to their proud deaths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive glory, honor the white way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet black bodies choke the Cape Fear River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351096606969,"sku":"9781737987659","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bTB2MnA2Znp6cGJ0U2ZSZkUzZVJFUT09.webp?v=1769795136","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/high-water-everywhere-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}