From their sweat and blood, we rose
Delmore Buddy Daye
From their agony and strife we learned
David George
In their thoughts and poetry, we swam
Maxine Tynes
In there hope we played and ran
Marjorie Turner Bailey
In their songs, we sang
Portia White
From there power, we gained
Burnley Rocky Jones
From their courage, we raised
Viola Desmond
From their life, we flourished
Mayann Francis
In their footsteps and paths, we walked
Corrine Sparks
In their achievements, we lived
Calvin Ruck
From their fight, we learned
Carrie Best
In their lessons we created
Lindsay Ruck
In their resilience, we stood
The Black Battalion
From their words, we thought
George Elliott Clarke
From their activism, we learned to speak up
Lindell Smith
From their businesses, we grew
Marie Marguerite Rose
In their potential, we saw possibilities
Quentrel Provo
In their strength, we lie
From their examples, we lead
All Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians people fighting to create change.
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