A helping hand
By Mercedes Walker
Matheny-Withrow School, Grade 4

We all need a little help
every now and then.
Everyone has issues,
children women and men.

Join hands with each other.
Together we are strong.
It does not mater what skin you’re in.
Helping each other we can’t go wrong.

Oh community
By Aisat Oladokun
Matheny-Withrow School, Grade 4

Oh community, let us sit together,
under the stars and dream.
Oh community, let us join hands and be one.
Oh community, where we have unity,
everyone is on a team.

Oh community, we can have fun,
without a fuss.
Oh community, no matter where we live
let us all sit together.
There is room for everybody on this bus.

One race
By Keith Edwards
Matheny-Withrow School, Grade 4

In this world everyone has a place.
Respect others, respect property, respect yourself
like your brother.
No matter what your size, speed, or strength,
we all help one another.

In history, the slaves depended on the sixteenth
president.
His name was Abraham Lincoln.
He made the Emancipation Proclamation.
In the beginning and in the end,
There’s only one creation under this nation.

Did you know peanut butter was invented by
a black man?
Did you know a game boy was invented by a
Japanese person?
Different races made different things,
but all races have ideas, talent and prosperity,
that inventions of mankind brings.

If you come with me on this historical excursion,
this journey for race unity has no diversion.
People walk around being judged not by the
color of the skin.
Only the goodness and dignity of
character that dwells within.

Now don’t be discouraged by obstacles along
the way.
Like we always say, if it’s worth having,
It’s worth fighting for.
So, stay on track of the race unity train.
Remember, there’s always room for one more.

In this world everyone has a place.
We all have a past, and future.
People of all races have skill, talent, and determination.
If we use these talents in a way that inspires,
All can rise to a positive sensation.