Reading, Writing, & Rapping

As part of the Black History Month celebrations, the girls in the GIRLStart literacy program read a book about Rosa Parks and wrote letters of gratitude to her bravery.  Symphany’s letter is below. 

The 9-12 year old girls chose famous African Americans to honor with rap songs.  Want to see some of the raps?  For Martin Luther King, Jr. –  click here:  http://bit.ly/gPtMBN.  For Bill Cosby, click here: http://bit.ly/h8rRt0  For Oprah, click here http://bit.ly/dENPHq.