Nikki Giovanni is the poet of The Song of The Feet. The poet communicates hardships for African Americans for basic human rights. The Song of the Feet shows what African Americans had to go through to get equal rights and the struggle along with fighting for equal rights for all. Trampling a path for the future is vital to all. American once needed many trails to be found. African Americans, “Trampled the American wilderness”(6). I was sad to see that people had to more to fight for African American rights, than that right for whites. Even though the wording is fairly simple, it shows meaning and depth. It shows the hardship many had to endure to get rights. Even on bad days we must do things we wish not to do. People take on challenges