{"id":4675,"date":"2021-03-16T20:48:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T00:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?p=4675"},"modified":"2021-03-17T11:59:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:59:09","slug":"statues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/statues\/","title":{"rendered":"Statues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Dottie Smith Mann’s daughter, Susan Mann, when addressing the Catawba county council in NC.  March, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Statues<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Statues stand all over the South
\nStone and Metal and Concrete reminders
\nOf a war that was fought, and lost
\nOf a Confederacy that lived a mere 4 years
\nBut which still casts a shadow on our Nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

They call it the War of Northern Aggression
\nAnd pretend that Slavery wasn\u2019t the reason.
\nAnd that slavery wasn\u2019t that bad,
\nAnd besides, it was all so long ago<\/span><\/p>\n

But it was that bad, and worse.
\nRape, and beatings, and starvation.
\nTorture, and murder,
\nChildren sold away from family
\nPeople treated as animals, owned
\nJust another part of the economy<\/span><\/p>\n

(If you have any imagination, any sense
\nOf empathy for others, please use it now)<\/span><\/p>\n

And so the War was fought, and many died.
\nBrother fought brother, families torn apart
\nA country divided
\nA war that laid a country to waste<\/span><\/p>\n

But finally it was over
\nAnd General Lee, himself, spoke out
\nI think it wiser, he said
\nNot to keep open the sores of war<\/span><\/p>\n

He wanted no statues
\nAnd no statues went up.<\/span><\/p>\n

And then a wondrous thing happened!
\nIn Carolina, Black and white came together
\nAs a political power, to do good for all
\nThey rewrote the Constitution
\nHelped the children, and the widows, and the sick
\nAnd expanded voting rights<\/span><\/p>\n

               Susan Mann<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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