Black And White -- Three Dog Night

The ink is black, the page is white Together we learn to read and write
A child is black, a child is white The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight
And now a child can understand  That this is the law of all the land, all the land
The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night
A child is black, a child is white Together they grow to see the light, to see the light
And now at last we plainly see We'll have a dance of Liberty, Liberty!


(**)  The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night
A child is black, a child is white The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight
The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night
A child is black, a child is white Together they grow to see the light, to see the light

(**)

C'mon, get it, get it  Ohh-ohhhh,  Keep it up now, around the world
Little boys and little girls Yeah, yeah-eah, oh-ohhh


 An influential American Folk singer named Earl Robinson wrote this in 1954 with lyricist David Arkin (who is the father of actor Alan Arkin). The song is about racism, and was inspired by a US Supreme Court ruling that segregation in public schools is illegal. The original Folk song  includes the line, "Their robes were black, their heads were white" which refers to the judges.         (songfacts)   



                                                    

                                         
               A timeline-like video showing the events that have ocurred in our country
                   regarding racism in our schools