{"id":8324,"date":"2022-06-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8324"},"modified":"2022-06-24T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T05:00:00","slug":"at-the-closed-gate-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/at-the-closed-gate-of-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Closed Gate of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From The Detroit Times, June 24, 1914<\/a>. By James D. Corrothers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be a Negro in a day like this
    Demands forgiveness. Bruised with blow on blow,
Betrayed, like him whose woe-dimmed eyes gave bliss,
    Still must one succor those who brought one low,
To be a Negro in a day like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be a Negro in a day like this
    Demands rare patience\u2014patience that can wait
In utter darkness. \u2019Tis the path to miss,
    And knock, unheeded, at an iron gate,
To be a Negro in a day like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be a Negro in a day like this
    Demands strange loyalty. We serve a flag
Which is to us white freedom\u2019s emphasis.
    Ah! One must love when truth and justice lag,
To be a Negro in a day like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be a Negro in a day like this\u2014
    Alas! Lord God, what evil have we done?
Still shines the gate, all gold and amethyst,
    But I pass by, the glorious goal unwon,
\u201cMerely a Negro\u201d\u2014in a day like this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From The Detroit Times, June 24, 1914. By James D. Corrothers. To be a Negro in a day like this    Demands forgiveness. Bruised with blow on blow,Betrayed, like him whose woe-dimmed eyes gave bliss,    Still must one succor those who brought one low,To be a Negro in a day like this. To be a Negro in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[180],"class_list":["post-8324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-detroit-times","tag-james-d-corrothers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}