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Lighting the Way
Stories of Our Heroes/Sheroes - Past, Present, in Our Homes, Our Communities, and in Our Nation

​Quotes

"Who is brave enough to tell the lion that his breath smells" - North Africa (Berber) Proverb

"We all need support and encouragement to be aware of what we think, what we say and what we do"  - Pema Chodron

"Light again, and the one who brings light!  Change the way you live." - Rumi

Books and Other Resources
  • The Greatest:  My Own Story, Muhammad Ali.

  • Unbought and Unbossed,  Shirley Chisholm

  • The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela

  • Rosa Parks:  My Story,  Rosa Parks

  • The Autobiography of Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks

  • Harriet Tubman:  The Moses of Her People, Sarah Bradford

  • Poems by Langston Hughes

  • Mother to Son,The Negro Mother, Aunt Sue's Stories, I Too Sing America, etc.

Songs to Listen To
  • Hero, Mariah Carey

  • I'll Always Love My Mama, The Intruders

  • Keep Your Head Up, Tupac Shukur

  • Grandma's Hands, Bill Withers

  • Four Women, Nina Simone

  • Dance with My Father, Luther Vandross

  • No Mirrors in My Nana's House, Sweet Honey and the Rock

  • We Who Believe in  Freedom, Sweet Honey and the Rock

  • Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder

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