Revitalizing and transforming our Smithville CommUNITY since 1968
Smithville was.
Smithville is.
Smithville will be.
Smithville was.
Smithville is.
Smithville will be.
Smithville Community Coalition
Cornelius, North Carolina
Smithville will be a CommUNITY that is vibrant, safe and an attractive place to live and work, building pride in its residents and attracting new developments of affordable homes and businesses.
DEMOCRACY*
By Langston Hughes
Democracy will not come
Today, this year
Nor ever
Through compromise and fear.
I have as much right
As the other fellow has
To stand
On my two feet
And own the land.
I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
Freedom
Is a strong seed
Planted
In a great need.
I live here, too.
I want freedom
Just as you.
*Retitled ‘Freedom” by 1967, this poem was originally known as ‘Democracy”