He expresses many questions and concerns about the Freedom Train throughout the poem. The narrator's main concern is the true meaning of "freedom" behind the Freedom Train. He questions whether or not this freedom is meant for him or whether it is the white man's freedom. He says in position thirty: "What will I say to my children?...Tell me, because freedom is not freedom when a man is not free." Personally, I believe this is the most profound statement in the entire poem. From the narrator's point of view, a man is not truly free if he does not have the same rights as a white-skinned man. He continues to wonder who the Freedom Train is really coming for. Will black people sincerely be welcome on this train? He asks in position twenty, “When it stops in Mississippi will it be made clear that everyone has the right to ride the freedom train?” After reading the poem a few times, I concluded that the narrator really wants freedom for all, which is not going to happen. unless there is racial equality The statement made at position fifty and sixty confirms this idea because it states: "For the Freedom Train will be yours and mine!", "Black men and white men will".
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