“You can fly,” said First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt after going for a short hop in a training plane with Tuskegee flight instructor “Chief” Anderson. Back at the White House, Mrs. Roosevelt urged her husband to give African Americans a chance to become military pilots.
I didn’t discover that quote until AFTER I had already titled the book You Can Fly; not until after I had already written the poem “A Shot”–about how Mrs. Roosevelt urged her husband to push the military to train African Americans as pilots. Kind of makes me wonder if the narrator’s voice is actually Eleanor’s.
At Hart Middle School, Jeffery and I were greeted by a quote by Mrs. Roosevelt on an outdoor mural. Another quote by the former first lady overlooks the school’s lobby. In the media center where we presented, yet another Eleanor Roosevelt quote shares wall space with quotes by other historic and literary figures.
Is Eleanor trying to tell me something?
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Love. Yes, she is trying to tell you something. Have you read No Ordinary Time? Very insightful about the Roosevelt’s.
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Hi Carole, Wow. As someone who has had these kind of coincidences happen when doing genealogy research and especially now with researching my husband’s great-grandfather, Capt. Frank W. Spencer, I do believe in the connection we find with those whose stories or legacies we are meant to retell.
I look forward to reading your new book.
Best, Beverly
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Hello, hello,
Are you still interested in visiting RBH in June?
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Wanda Cox-Bailey Library Branch Supervisor Richard B. Harrison Library 1313 New Bern Avenue Raleigh, NC 27610 919-856-5724
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