Ella was not only the child of William and Temple, she was the child of jazz
Ella lived in Newport News, Virginia, and Yonkers, New York
Ella went to a glee club and studied singing, taught herself to dance., learned to sing scat and beebop from Chick Webb
Ella overcame being discriminated the and her mothers death
Ella worked for illegal gambling joint then went to a reform school
Ella's personality could be described as a fighter that over came her fears, like singing at the Cotton Club, where whites wouldn't allow black people to sing
Ella was always dreamed of being a dancer for her career
Ella never gave up when she had diabetes
Ella was best known for her singing at the cotton club
Ella was a great singer a great person
1 comment:
I love your poem. You used interesting words like 'discriminated'. Also, I like that you sad she never gave up on her dreams... because it's true!!!
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