My inspiration came from all three poems, Lament for Brothers, Redemption Song, and Bluest Eye. In Lament for Brothers I thought about how the hatred whites have towards African-Americans cause African-Americans to die frequently. I also remembered the scowls mentioned in the poem that were in the heavy air. From Redemption Song, the message I got was that there won’t be any changes until action is taken. In Bluest Eye what stuck in my head was the image of the white doll with blue eyes and how the author wasn’t able to love it. When I wrote this it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day and I saw online an article of a statue of him that was built in Washington DC where he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.