Lady in Gold by Alyssa Harrison

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"Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise"
~ Maya Angelou

Diary # 1

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"I ain' neva been able to speak ma mine bout these people ah call ma parents. They'n kno no betta. Sniffn drugs an screamin all da time. Erryday ah jus go bout ma business an say errything is all fine knowin ah'd get hit, hard if ah ran ma mouth about wha happens in da house."

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"Somebody...
anybody
sing a black girl's song,
bring her out...
to know herself"

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"He followed me into the alley ... and he took it.
Now I'm here, 24... still struggling to sleep at night."

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Broken

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Insecure

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Trusting

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"Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for..."

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~Marian Wright Edelman

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"Never Enough"

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~Cimorelli

"Golden"

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~Chrisette Michele

"Healing"

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~India Arie

"Breathe"

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~Star Cast

"Close"

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~ Marvin Sapp