Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labor rest,
and in the joy of a new beginning,
we ask ya to help us work for that day,
when Blacks will not be asked to get back
when Brown can stick around
when Yella can be mella
when the Red man can get ahead man
and when White can embrace what is right.
~ Dr Joseph E Lowrey, inauguration benediction, Jan 2009
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