<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=447997" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Door of Hope</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The president has thus disclosed<br>In words his noblest plan:<br>'The door of hope shall not be closed<br>Upon the Negro man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'His opportunities must be<br>With other men's the same;<br>As nation's chief I will not see<br>Him forced in ways of shame.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Official work he'd scarce begun<br>When from his lips did fall,<br>'A special right I give to none,<br>But equal rights to all.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Square dealing for the soldiers true,<br>Who made this country grand;<br>But more than this no man is due,<br>And none shall less demand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I'm president of all the land,'<br>The broiling South was told.<br>'For truth and fight I mean to stand,<br>Such policy I hold.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When urged to crush the Negro race,<br>He answered with a zest,<br>'All men of worth shall have a place,<br>True manhood is the test.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">''Tis better all the people up,<br>Than keep a portion down,<br>You need, my friends, a loving cup,<br>Your prejudice to drown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'The doors of hope are open wide<br>To all within the land,<br>With God forever on our side,<br>This sentiment will stand.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With spinal column stout and strong,<br>With arm that's made of steel,<br>He crushes prejudice and wrong,<br>And makes the demons reel.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To heal the nation's open sore<br>Of hatred for a race,<br>He wider swings the open door,<br>And bares the monsters face.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No president could stem the tide<br>Of opposition blind,<br>Since Lincoln for the Negro died,<br>Till Roosevelt we find.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Long may he live to bless the land<br>With truth and liberty,<br>Who for the right will take a stand<br>And set a nation free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Roosevelt for nineteen four<br>Our president should be,<br>Who gives to all an open door<br>Of opportunity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lizelia+Augusta+Jenkins+Moorer">Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=447997" data-title="The Door of Hope de Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer" data-description="The president has thus disclosed In words his noblest plan: 'The door of hope shall not be closed Upon the Negro man. 'His opportunities must be With other men's the same; As nation's chief I will not see Him forced in ways of shame.' Official w..."></div> </div> </div>

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