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    Words of Fire
    Words of Fire
    Words of Fire
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    Words of Fire

    By Irene McCullum-Hines

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    This book is a collection of poems which is about the struggles of the civil rights movement in the darkest times in American history. The events that happened to the black man have seen an increase on the war on the black men. The poems also reflect on police brutality, police shootings. There are also some special dedications and a few additional poems about love and Gods love for all men.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateFeb 7, 2017
    ISBN9781490780382
    Words of Fire
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    Irene McCullum-Hines

    I love writing short stories and poems. I love all the children classic fairy tales stories as a child my sister would reading to me all the classic fairy tales books and I would imagine me as one of the characters living inside of the story. I dedicate this book to my sister thank you for reading to me. I am working for the Catonsville Community College in the Library on the Technology help desk.

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      Words of Fire - Irene McCullum-Hines

      WORDS

      OF FIRE

      IRENE MCCULLUM-HINES

      ©

      Copyright 2017 Irene McCullum-Hines.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

      ISBN: 978-1-4907-8039-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4907-8038-2 (e)

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      Contents

      A Teenage Crack Mother

      A Testament Of Love

      Confederate Flag

      Crayon Box

      Underground Railroad

      Emmett Till

      Enslave

      Flower Of Love

      Freedom Summer

      Freedom

      God Speak To Me

      God

      Guilty

      Heroes

      If You See Me Struggle

      The Thirsty Of Love

      Jesus

      Judgment Day

      Laws

      Let Me Fly

      Let Me Love You

      Lord

      Lost

      Love

      To Speak

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