{"product_id":"high-water-everywhere-gary-copeland-lilley-9781737987659","title":"High Water Everywhere","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoetry collection by Gary Copeland Lilley. Lilley's collection addresses flashpoints in African American history including the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 and Hurricane Katrina. Second edition with new poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEXCERPT: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColonel Waddell on the Morning of November 10, 1898\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHigh Water Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey vote Republican black. They walk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur streets with their heads up, with more freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThan a white man, and now we have been made\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo conduct our city's business under\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rule of carpet-baggers and negroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite men will suffer eternally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we do not honor that it's our blood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat makes North Carolina sacred ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we don't act they'll soon have the land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd all our grand history that's on it: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Confederate graves, all the gray men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom all our families, to their proud deaths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive glory, honor the white way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet black bodies choke the Cape Fear River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Copeland Lilley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1737987651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737987659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aquarius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Gary Copeland Lilley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074825285887,"sku":"9781737987659","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a4448f0-f1ee-4f4f-bdbb-85a0ee90514c.jpg?v=1685455990","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/high-water-everywhere-gary-copeland-lilley-9781737987659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}