This poem appeared in <em>Atlanta Daily World</em> on June 9, 1959

ID: 3934 ~ Source: Courtesy of Atlanta Daily World

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Civic and Social Life - Georgia Douglas Johnson's "Halfway House": 1461 S Street NW

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Civic and Social Life - Georgia Douglas Johnson's "Halfway House": 1461 S Street NW

Civil Rights Tour: Civic and Social Life - Georgia Douglas Johnson's "Halfway House": 1461 S Street NW

By DC Historic Preservation Office

“… heavy, heavy is the load That bends my body to the road.” (Georgia Douglas Johnson, The Ordeal)