How Does Marilyn Nelson's Work Influence Fairness And Equality?

Marilyn Nelson was born in Cleveland Ohio, she is a three time finalist for the National Book Award, she is known to be a very good poet. She spent most of her childhood living on military bases and had lots of free time where she would write little poems. Nelsons parents were literary. Her dad wrote short poems and her mom composed music. She was inspired to write children's books after the Rasmussen project. She wanted to make a mark in her life through writing (poetry foundation). Marilyn Nelson influenced fairness and equality through her works “The Freedom Business”, “A Wreath For Emmett Till”, Carver: A Life in Poems.

Marilyn Nelson’s text “Honor among slavers” from “The Freedom Business” impacted people's thoughts on inequality and slavery. In the piece of writing, the slave catchers offered the young boys dad a deal, their freedom for livestock and money. They took the deal but it ended up being a lie and they had to run away to get there freedom (The Freedom Business). Through this poem the author, Marilyn Nelson writes, “Our captors offered my father a generous deal” the

This poem is about A young boy who was accused of whistling at a white woman and in return, was lynched. His young death influenced civil rights movement and made people realize the terrible things that were happening to African American people (Chideya, Farai). A touching phrase that Nelson included in this work is “she'd made him swear an oath to be careful around white folks (A Wreath for Emmett Till). In this quote, The mother of Emmett Till is telling him, don't trust the white people. She says this because of what the white people have done to the people of their race. This piece of writing impacted what people thought about inequality. It showed them that just because people are a little bit different they shouldn't be treated worse or different than anyone