The poen "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall

In the poem Ballad of Birmingham, by Dudley Randall, written in 1969, Mr. Randall uses of irony to describes the events of the mothers decision, and also her concern for the welfare of her darling little child. It seems odd that this child would even know what a freedom march is, but this would be considered normal back in the early 1960's, when Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. had rallies and freedom marches to free the …

…personally think that this poem was well written for the simple fact that Randall is not afraid to confront the problems that these two races had between them. He describes things that had happened in this time period to get his point across vividly to the reader. With that said, I leave you with one last question: If her mother had let her go to the march like she asked, would she still be alive?