PHIL ADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY at the
1939: Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial. (explorePAhistory.com)
1963: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have A Dream� speech. (Americanrhetoric.com)
“I am…” A reflection poem Adapted from “Voices UnBroken”
I am ________________________________________________________ (three words that describe you) I wonder ____________________________________________________ (something that you are curious about) I hear ______________________________________________________ (a sound that you hear, imagine hearing, or associate with home) I see ________________________________________________________ (something that you see or imagine seeing) I want ______________________________________________________ (something that you wish you had) I pretend ____________________________________________________ (something you pretend to do or be) I hope ______________________________________________________ (the thing you hope or wish for most) I worry _____________________________________________________ (something that really concerns you) I try ________________________________________________________ (something you are striving to do) I will _______________________________________________________ (something you will do, a goal) I am ________________________________________________________ (repeat the first line)
m. 1886
1861 - 1956
1891 - 1995
Annie Elizabeth “Bessie”
1889 - 1999
Lucius
Hubert Thomas
Delany Family Portrait, c.1898.♦
1899 - 1955
Samuel Ray Laura Edith
1906 - 1960
1903 - 1993
1901 - 1990
William Manross
1897 - 1969
(“Harry,” “Hap”) 1895 - 1991
Henry Jr.
1887 - 1956
Sarah Louise “Sadie”
Julia Emery
1893 - 1974
Lemuel Thackara
<=
1858 - 1928
Henry Beard Delany
Martha Louise Logan
c. 1812 - ?
c. 1859 1842 - 1908 <=
c. 1840 - 1910
White
James Miliam
Dates Unknown
White
Jordan Motley<= Eliza Logan
Dates Unknown
c. 1780 - ?
“Mrs. Logan” <= White Wife of Army Officer
Name Unknown
Negro Slave
Danville, Virginia Area
Logan Family
<= Nanny James Logan
1814 - 1891
c. 1831
<=
Negro+Native American
1810 - ?
Negro+White
Sarah, a slave
Thomas Sterling Delany
St. Marys, Georgia
Delany Family