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Poem "A Negro Cemetery Next To A White One"
Dublin Core
Title
Poem "A Negro Cemetery Next To A White One"
Description
The narrator of this poem claims that, if he were black, he wouldn't mind being turned away from a white cemetery. The poem finishes by arguing that "it's white of them to give what tantamounts to [an integrated world], and makes us all, for what that's worth, separate but equal where it counts." It alludes to the separations of Heaven and Hell after death despite mortal bodies being segregated by race.
Creator
Source
Nemerov, Howard. "A Negro Cemetery Next To A White One." <em>The Messenger</em> (Summer 1964): 22. University Archives, RG 24 Student Publications. Virginia Baptist Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia.
Publisher
The Messenger, University of Richmond
Date
1964
Contributor
Cassidy Lowther
Gabby Kiser
Language
English
Type
Identifier
Messenger1964.22-1964
Files
Citation
Nemerov, Howard, “Poem "A Negro Cemetery Next To A White One",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed December 10, 2024, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/399.