I was born in the 1890s

Former slaves were my parents

I was given an Academy award

What an exceptional reward

When I was still a performer

Sadly I found out I had cancer

It caused my death in october

My name is Hattie Mc Daniel

My name is Hattie Mc Daniel

I was born in 1944

I worked as a professor

I thought against social injustice

But I found myself onb the FBI's most wanted list

I kept on traveling the world

I died on the twenty first of August 1971

My name is Angela Davis

My name is Angela Davis

I was born Rosa McCauley

I married Raymond Parks

I was a seamstress

I was arrested for refusing to give up my seat

To a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery

I became a civil rights activist

And President Clinton honored me

With the presidential medal of freedom

My name is Rosa Parks

My name is Rosa Parks

I was a talented singer

My songs are said to be remembered as the best jazz ever

in Strange Fruit I denounced some horrors

For that , people think I deserve honor

Unfortunately I died in July 1959

My name is Billie Holiday

My name is Billie Holiday

I was born in June 1906

I ran away from home when I was 13

I toured the USA performing comedy skits

For the French Resistance I gave messages

In 1950 I took part in the civil rights movement

And stood alongside Martin Luther King Junior

I died in April 1975 . I was 68.

My name is Josephine Baker

My name is Josephine Baker

I was born a slave on a Virginia plantation

I learned to sew and I bought my freedom

At the White House I was a seamstress

I comforted Mary Lincoln in her grief

My name is Elisabeth Heckley

My name is Elisabeth Heckley

Exceptional women by the 3eme D