Air to Breathe
I Can’t Breathe In the years preceding the civil war A time in our history almost too hard to imagine And in the Abe Lincoln days following the so-called end to slavery in this country It was tough to breathe The air was thick, full of uncertainty, laced with fear The Kennedy ushered civil rights movement introduced a taste of freedom But the air was anything but fresh and clean Too many non-believers—too many not willing to accept this idea…