A Southern white child in the 1950s was out walking with his parents on a Sunday afternoon. He and his family were going to a local park to spend some time outside in the nice weather to sum up their weekend. When they arrived the boy was perplexed when he saw the sign near the entrance to the park. The sign said: "White Park". “The grass is green, the wood chips are brown, the swings are blue, and the slide is yellow; I don't understand why they called this park 'White Park'” the boy thought to himself. When he asked his parents why it wasn't called green, brown, blue, or yellow park, but instead “White Park,” they didn't want to explain to their child the problem of segregation that was occurring in their present. diurnal world (Watson). The Civil Rights Movement was a movement that fought for the end of segregation between blacks and whites and also provided blacks with the same rights that whites had. This was a movement that lasted fourteen years and occurred between 1954 and 1968. Two big names that most people have heard of who were involved in the civil rights movement were Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. However there is another person who is not as well known but who had a huge impact on the civil rights movement was a woman named Naomi Long Madgett. Naomi Long Madgett was a writer particularly known for her poem "Midway". “Midway” was used to encourage blacks protesting during the civil rights movement not to give up their fight for equal rights. Naomi Long Madgett's poem "Midway" illustrates the dedication of the civil rights movement. Madgett's piece of poetry, "Midway," was a great motivator that encouraged devotion from the p...... middle of paper ...... ited"A Dream of Freedom: The Rights Movement civilians from 1954 to 1968." School Library Newspaper 1 April 2005: S61. eLibrary. Network. September 25, 2013.Ball, Jane L. “Guide to the Literary Masters and Their Works.” Literary reference center 2007: n. page eLibrary. Network. September 25, 2013.Dreier, Peter. "Rosa Parks: Angry, Not Tired." Dissent, January 1, 2006: 88. eLibrary. Network. 25 September 2013. George, Charles, ed. Living through the civil rights movement. Detroit: Christine Nasso, 2007. Print.Magett, Naomi Long. "Halfway." Outstanding Poems from the Blue Ridge Journal. Blue Ridge Journal, nd Web. 25 September 2013. “Rima.” Dictionary.com. Houghton Mifflin Company, nd Web. November 5, 2013.Watson, Harry. "Front porch." Southern Cultures, 1 October 2008: n. page eLibrary. Network. 25 September 2013. Zissou, Rebecca. "Freedom Fighters". New York Times Upfront, April 22, 2013: n. page eLibrary. Network. 25 September. 2013.