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Azalia E. Martin, "Is Justice Color Blind" (1904)

Is Justice Color Blind
Azalia Edmonia Martin

Oppression's hand is o'er us
   And friends are few we find;
Ye Gods, who reign supremely
   Is Justice color blind?

Oh, noble Sons of Freedom,
   That did so bravely stand;
In honor of a nation
   That Right might rule our land!

On Fame's eternal page,
   On Mem'ry's leaf so fair
With blood lost in great battles
   Your names are written there.

Old Slavery's chain is broken
   And yet we are not free;
The darkest gloom surrounds us,
   We ask for liberty.

The dark clouds that o'erhang us
   Must serve to closer bind;
We yet shall win the laurels,
   God is not color blind.

Published in Voice of the Negro, October 1904

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