Merry-Go-Round
Where is the Jim Crow section
On this merry-go-round,
Mister, cause I want to ride?
Down South where I come from
White and colored
Can't sit side by side.
Down South on the train
There's a Jim Crow car.
On the bus we're put in the back—
But there ain't no back
To a merry-go-round!
Where's the horse
For a kid that's black?
Langston Hughes
This was my favorite poem because it shows a childs point of view. The child is young and inocent but has always been shown that he has to be separated from whites.
This was my favorite photo by Parks. To me this is an enviromental portrait. This man is begging for money or anything else he can get. His life is lived on the street and doing what he can to survive and I think that this picture shows that. This man doesnt look particularly happy about having to beg but I do think that he is showing emotion with his music and is really into the music. The lighting creates shadows on his face showing his ageing as well.
