Separate and Equal in the Jim Crow South

Separate but equal in the Jim Crow south
Keep your head down and watch your mouth
No lofty hopes, no aspiration
Separate schools and know your station

Demands for fairness were met with disdain
‘Segregation forever’ a common refrain
The case now depended on Thurgood Marshall
And a white Supreme court that could be impartial

The monumental ruling of Brown v Board
The first of several steps toward
A series of laws that treat its people
On the premise that separation is always unequal