This picture is a the first painting that came out in the newspapers and on magzine that was announceing the first black president. This picture made me think back to when Rose Parks sat at the front of the bus to open up opportuinties for us, and Martin Luther King Jr fought for our freedom. It open up doors for Obama to run for preseident. Now we have the 1st black president. This picture is in many of families home and they have framed this picture.
It is a beatuiful picture and history in the making.
It is a beatuiful picture and history in the making.
This is a great topic for a post, Olivia. I find myself wanting to hear more about families framing this picture and hanging it in their homes. If you decide to revise this post for your portfolio, maybe you can take your reader into a specific home or two. Help us to picture the homes and families you're picturing as you write -- bring that world to your readers!
ReplyDeleteI'd also like to know more about your personal angle on Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. You weren't alive for either of the actions you refer to here, but you can contribute meaningfully to your readers' understanding of their role in your generation's thinking about race and opportunity and courage. What do people in your family and community say about Parks, King, and Obama? What did these figures mean to you at home? Do they mean something different now that you're older and at the U of A? Taking your readers into actual conversations you remember having or
overhearing, or specific emotions you had when others talked about RP, MLK, and Obama, or describing election night and what this picture
means to you personally -- will help you to guarantee that you're giving your readers a narrative they can't get anywhere else: your
specific, personal mental and emotional connection to the first family and to all the Civil Rights pioneers who came before them.