Black Wall Street, a community of black people that thrived. Attacked from below and in the sky, in their homes taken by surprise. Only running and gunning with no place to hide. This type of disaster shouldn’t be caused on earth, Laughing and celebration but then not knowing its worth. Oh Black Wall Street we miss you so, Such a place will be remembered longer than you'll ever know.
Accessing prior knowledge; transferring knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned. (Click here to see more.)
Strive for accurate communication in both written and oral form; avoiding over-generalizations, distortions, deletions and exaggerations. (Click here to see more.)
Generating new and novel ideas, fluency, originality. (Click here to see more.)
Youth Voices is an open publishing and social networking platform for youth. The site is organized by teachers with support from the National Writing Project. Opinions expressed by writers are their own. See more About Youth Voices. Terms of Service. Privacy Policy.
All work on Youth Voices is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Dear Kevin :
I am impressed by, your post, “ODE TO BLACK WALL STREET,” because it really shows how unessasry discrimination is. One sentence you wrote that stands out for me is: “Only running and gunning with no place to hide.” I think this is very saddening because it shows how brutal discrimination can be. Not only that but also how these people had no choice but to suffer. Thanks for your writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next because I like how you talked about how this should not be happening. I also look forward to seeing how change can be made.
Ashley Padilla