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GRATEFUL TO YOU--Lyrics by Malinda (Williams) Jackson
Chorus-I want to say thank you for the sacrifice you made! Because of you, I can see you have unlocked doors for me! If I try, I can be whatever I set my mind to be, and so I'm grateful.....I'm grateful to you! ....
1. Mae Jemison despite the odds, became the first black woman astronaut. She went to school, she stayed on track, she didn't let anyone hold her back. Now If I try, I can be what ever I set my mind to be and so I'm grateful, I'm grateful to you. Chorus
2.Martin Luther King --he had a dream that we could live in harmony, in his fight for civil rights he paved the way for you and me. So if I try I can be whatever I set my mind to be and so I'm grateful, I'm grateful to you. Chorus
3. November 4th 2008 Barack Obama did something great. He gave us hope, he fought for change. Became the president of the USA. So if I try I can be whatever I set my mind to be, and so I'm grateful. I'm grateful to you. Chorus
4. Malcolm X, Booker T, Rosa Parks, Oprah Winfrey, Langston Hughes, Charles Drew, Harriet Tubman, Maya Angelou. So if I try the best I can on your shoulders I will stand and so I'm grateful. ... grateful to you
Grateful
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Black History Practice Room
Black Girls Rock
1.Power to the people. I am Angela Davis.
2.And I am Kathleen Cleaver and we are Black Panthers. We fought against police brutality.
3.I am Afeni Shakur. You may have heard of my son the rapper Tupac Shakur. I was also a black panther.
4.My name is Chaka Khan. You know me as a famous singer, but I was a black panther. (Altogether) The revolution will not be televised.
5.I am Hattie McDaniels. In 1939, I was the first black person to win an Oscar Award for a movie called “Gone with the Wind”. You won’t believe this, but I was the only black person there that year and I had to sit in the back of the room . (Miss Scarlett Miss Scarlett)
6.I am Aretha Franklin. I am a great singer , I'm also known as the queen of soul. (sings respect)
7. I am Madam C.. Walker. I am the first black female millionaire. I invented hair products for black women.
8. I am Oprah Winfrey. I am the first black American female billionaire. I actually own my own TV channel.
9. I am Misty Copeland– I am the first black ballerina to be a principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre .
10. I am Marian Anderson. I was a famous singer who was suppose to sing at the Constitution Hall in Washington D.C., but a group of women called the daughters of the Revolution said that a black person couldn’t sing there. President Roosevelt's wife heard about what happened and invited me to sing at the Lincoln Memorial , in front of 75,000 people. It was wonderful. Sings(From Every Mountainside let freedom Ring
11. I am Dr Mae Jemison. I am the first black female astronaut to go into space.
Ladies!!! I Believe that I Can Fly !!!and So Can You.
12. I am Rayshell Jones. I made hi
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12. I am Nina Simone-I am the first black classical concert pianist. racist People didn’t like a black woman being a concert pianist at that time in history. So I became known for singing about the injustices that my people endured. Sing Young Gifted and black
I am Maxine Water.s I am a congress woman. They call me Auntie Maxine because I don’t bite my tongue telling people what I feel. . And …….I am reclaiming my time.
I am Michell Obama I am the first black first lady of the United States. When they go low we go high
I am Rosa Parks. I refuse to give up my seat on the bus to a white man and I was arrested. My actions started the civil rights movement like never before. (Back of the Bus)
I am Harriet Tubman. I was a conductor on the underground rail road. I went back to the south 19 times after I escaped and helped 300 slaves escape. I would have rescued more, if they knew they were slaves.
You Want Me to Stand
AMERICA!!! You want me to stand for
A song written by Frances Scot Key
This song doesn’t represent me.You don't know your history.
AMERICA!!!! You want me to stand for a song that was made
By a man who owned slaves.
AMERICA!!!! You want me to stand for a song written by a slave master
Who was paid to look for runaway slaves to capture.
In 1815, he wrote “ O’re the land of the Free and the home of the brave” Land of the free?
Slavery didn’t end until 1863. He wasn’t talking about me. You don't know your history.
AMERICA!!!! Have you listened to verse 3 of this anthem where he speaks of freed slaves.
His wish was that they were sent to their graves.
AMERICA!!! You want me to stand for a song that was introduced by Woodrow Wilson, one of the most racist presidents in modern times.
Under his presidency, lynching blacks was at an all time high.
AMERICA!!!! I don’t want to stand for a hateful song that wanted my ancestors to be in slavery.
Like Kapernick , I’d rather take a knee…. against police brutality.
Native Land Poem
The Middle Passage
(Sunset)
Africa was invaded by greed.
The demand for cheap labor was in need.
The Portuguese, the English, the French, the Dutch
Took us on a journey that was much to much.
Kidnapped us from the jungle and invaded our tribes
Even promised jobs to some, they lied.
For three long months we road on a ship.
So close to each other, we were hip to hip.
Not allowed to speak in African, they would cut out our tongues.
Or throw us to the sharks with no place to run.
Oh the smell the stench, for goodness sakes,
No such thing as a bathroom break.
The smell of sickness, the smell of death,
The sight of rats crawling over our chest.
Day by day, night by night, freedom disappeared before our sight.
Finally, a reality set in we couldn’t deny.
To Mother Africa we said goodbye.
