Carole Boston Weatherford

I sang my songs so much that they became the soundtrack for my dreams, the melody of my moods, a room I lived in, and a balm for my wounds. I sang my songs enough to know them backward and forward, enough to wonder if they could lift me from hometown haunts to center stage. I’d sung my songs enough to think I could take on Baltimore’s best talent at the Harlem Theatre Amateur Hour and maybe even win. If you sing a song enough, it can go to your head that way.

Carole Robertston, Who loved books, earned straight A's, And took dance lessons every Saturday. Who joined the Girl Scouts and science club And played clarinet in the high school band. A member of Jack and Jill of America. Carole, who thought she might want To teach history someday Or at least make her mark on it.