White workers of the South
Miners,
Farmers,
Mechanics,
Mill Hands,
Shop girls,
Railway men,
Servants,
Tobacco workers,
Sharecroppers,
GREETINGS!
I am the black worker,
Listen:
That the land might be ours,
And the mines and the factories and the office towers
This title, “the black worker”, contrasts the long list of occupations that he gave the white workers of the South.   The “black worker” is not given the specific title of the miner, farmer, mechanic, etc…, but is reduced to this simple title. This could be to show the lack of opportunity the black community is given in the South.
Open Letter to the South