Ernest Green and Elizabeth Eckford

In 1958, Ernest became the first black student to graduate from Central High school and from Michigan State University. He served as an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs under President Jimmy Carter. Green currently is a managing partner and vice president of Lehman Brothers in Washington, D.C. Elizabeth is the only one from the nine still living in Little Rock, Arkansas. She made a career of the U.S Army that include work as a journalist. Eckford returned to the home which she grew up in and is now part -time social worker in 1974. She is also a mother of two sons that she had.

When I Grow Up

When I grow up
I want
To work outside
To climb above the trees
To sing beside the birds
To sail with a boat
These are the things of my mind

My Poem

Her boots warmed her feet outside
Her footsteps echoing in the hallway
Her body whirling in the seat
the girl moved
in the hall
in the room
in the morning
in the playground
of her moves

My Summer Vacation

One summer my sisters and I went to Dollywood Splash Country in Pigeon Forge, TN. That summer was the best one I ever had in my life. There was cool rides and scary rides, but I didn't get on the scary rides. My brother came with us and the rest was my older sister and 2 of my little sisters. At splash country there was a  lot of water rides it was awesome. It was the BEST DAY EVER!!!!!

The Murder of Emmett Till

I remember when Emmett Till Died.
I remember when his mama cried.
I remember the two men that killed him.
I remember when they took Emmett Away.
I remember when I waited all day, for him to come back.
I remember the bruises on his back.
I wish I never I remembered.
-- Ajibawo Bennett, Chicago

The Negro Speaks Of Rivers by Langston Hughes

I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy
bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

I've known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers

Who Am I?

I am from Guatemala, 

but I was born in California. 

I love to play soccer and

to read books. I want to be a forensic scientist.