TO PRESERVE
THEIR DIGNITY
WE WEAR THE MASK
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1896
Liberation fo r all peoples o f the world.
More than 2,000 demonstrators were arrested in the Bir
mingham anti segregation campaign. Police used fire
hoses and dogs on marching children.
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Listening and working to serve you better
Portland Observer, February 25, 1982 Section II Page 11