Virginia Hamilton

Black Hands, White House

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“The bent backs straightened up. Old and young who were called slaves and could fly joined hands. . . . They rose on the air. They flew in a flock that was black against the heavenly blue. Black crows or Black shadows. It didn’t matter, they went so high. Way above the plantation, way over the slavery land. Say they flew away to Free-dom. . . . They say that the children of the ones who could not fly told their children. And now, . . . I have told it to you.”