@singkirbysing My heart is smiling today. These songs meant so much to me when they were first released. I remember blasting “Slay” on my morning drive, finding so much motivation from the lyrics, to today blasting this song again as a much more confident and stronger person.
Happy 83rd birthday to Claudette Colvin!
She refused to move to the back of a bus 9 months before Rosa Parks, the NAACP did not want to use her to represent them because she was 15 & pregnant.
Other women who refused to give up their seats before Rosa Parks
A THREAD!
@kmichelle When you put it on paper that’s where all of that pain can live, it no longer has to sit on your heart.
Writing can be bittersweet you have to relive stories you don’t want to but the vulnerability can help so many people heal. 🌻