Rosa Parks
By: Ms. K
Happy 100th Birthday Rosa Parks. She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama February 4, 1913.Rose Parks refused to give up her bus seat in 1955 and sparked a movement that led to the end of segregation. Her courageous act fueled the Civil Rights Movement and inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. to get involved. Along with MLK, Jr., she continues to inspire those who still fight for equality.
Read More about Rose Park:
http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715
Dr. Maya Angelou
By:Ms.K
Did you know: Dr. Angelou is a celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.Maya was a nightclub singer and dancer who toured Europe. She settled in New York and became part of the burgeoning black writing scene in Harlem. After moving to Ghana to teach at the University of Ghana’s School of Music and Drama, she met Malcolm X and collaborated with him on bringing equality and unity to America. She returned to the U.S. and was involved with the Civil Rights Movement, working closely with Martin Luther King Jr. She continues to inspire others and promote change through her writing and public speaking.
I Know Why the Cage Bird Sing:
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Teenage Love Affair
By: Ms.K
How can I forget my first love?
The first time my heart flutter from your voice.
Looking into your eyes thinking about our future
I remember when I first meet you and I hated you
I hated all the rumors about you
But I was still intrigued to know you
Something about you entrapped my interest
I wrote your name all over my books
I sneak my father’s cell phone to call you
Nothing matter from our early morning meets
To our late nights sneaking around
We had our secret locations after school
Sneaking off school campus to meet you
I still can’t believe I was falling for you
I didn’t care that you was older man
And I was still a child
I wanted to get to know you
I didn’t care what anyone said
No one can stop my teenage love affair
I was going to be your ride and die chick
I didn’t really matter what the consciousness for this love
I wanted you to be my first but I was scared
I was scared to lose apart of me to you
I was scared, but I was in love
I couldn’t help but dial your number all day
Sneaking in-between classes trying to reach you
I just wanted to hide with you
Nothing matter at the end of the day
I was falling hard
My heart was trying to explode from daydreaming about you
I just want to touch your soft lips
I just want to hold your hands
I just want to be alone with you
It was important that you was not only my fairytale love affair
But with every fairytale comes a tragic ending
I never wanted to imagine the ending
But I know it was near
I was a child and you was a man
I could not experience what you wanted
I was not ready to experience those things
I just wanted to have our secret kissing
While you wanted to enter my forbidden fruit
I was not ready
I know you were not going to wait
So my daydreaming became a bare reality
My teenage love affair was ending
Our secret meeting was slowly dissolving
Your name was erasing from my books
I still didn’t care what any one said
I still cared
Your was still my first teenage love affair
I know we had our moment but
We had to say our goodbyes
It was not working
But you was my first
I didn’t care for the longest but
I was not ready for all the level of this affair
But you will always be my fist teenage love affair!
I put together a video that goes with the moods of this poem:
(I don’t claim to have created this videos, or taking ownership that this is my work of art. I edited the music to go with my poem solely. Not for sales of money)
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