Coretta's Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King

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4 Introduction Listen to Coretta Scott King in any recorded interview Notice that her speech is lyrical and measured like music It is for this reason that I wrote her biography as a collection of poetry and prose I wanted to capture the musical quality of her voice and bearing The poetry forms in this book include acrostics free verse haiku and tanka poems Make time to write your own poetry Use your words to celebrate the people in history who inspire you to pursue freedom and justice for all