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“Painting the words of my soul Across the skies Under the stones Leaving a trail for you to see Calling out loud, “Here I am! Can you see me?” Anxiously waiting; hoping to be heard Meaning what I say; every single word Painting the words of my truth Beginning with me, and Ending with you Leaving a trail for you to see Loudly painting, “Here I am! Can you see me?”

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Author:N'Zuri Za Austin
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“On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson unlawfully signed the Indian Removal Act to force move southeastern peoples from our homelands to the West. We were rounded up with what we could carry. We were forced to leave behind houses, printing presses, stores, cattle, schools, pianos, ceremonial grounds, tribal towns, churches. We witnessed immigrants walking into our homes with their guns, Bibles, household goods and families, taking what had been ours, as we were surrounded by soldiers and driven away like livestock at gunpoint. There were many trails of tears of tribal nations all over North America of indigenous peoples who were forcibly removed from their homelands by government forces. The indigenous peoples who are making their way up from the southern hemisphere are a continuation of the Trail of Tears. May we all find the way home.”

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Book:An American Sunrise
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