An Unfulfilled Dream?
P.201
Group 1
Like a King
Well Martin’s dream
Has become Rodney’s worst Nightmare
Can’t walk the streets
To them we are fair game
Our lives don’t mean a thing
Like a king, like a king, like a king
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King
Like a king, like a king, like a king
How I wish you could help us Dr. King
Make sure it’s filmed
Shown on national T.V.
They’ll have no mercy
A legal lynch mob
Like the days strung up from the tree
The L.A.P.D.
Like A King, Ben Harper, 1992.
Words and Music by Benjamin Charles Harper
Copyright (c) 1994 BMG Gold Songs and Innocent Criminal
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Words and Music by Benjamin Charles Harper
Copyright (c) 1994 BMG Gold Songs and Innocent Criminal
All Rights Administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.
Reproduced with Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Limited.
Group 2
Sister Rosa
A bus driver said, “Lady, you got to get up
‘Cause a white person wants that seat”
But Miss Rosa said, “No, not no more
I’m gonna sit here and rest my feet”
Thank you Miss Rosa, you are the spark
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks [...]
The people of Montgomery sat down to talk
It was decided all God’s children should walk
Until segregation was brought to its knees
And we obtain freedom and equality, yeah
Thank you Miss Rosa, you are the spark
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks [...]
Sister Rosa, The Neville Brothers, 1989.
Group 3
Beloved
Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
Beloved, Toni Morrison, 1987.
Still I Rise
You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Still I Rise, Maya Angelou, 1978.
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Let's talk this out! MEDIATION
MEDIATION
Share your findings with your classmates.
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On your way to the task ❯❯ Step 2
Tweeting About Protest
Tweeting About Protest
Find another silent gesture or set of lyrics that echoes these messages in denouncing inequality. Write a Twitter thread to express your feelings and reaction. Add a dedicated hashtag to your tweets.
