Ellington Was not a Street ifa Note: Women are shown in

Note: Women are shown in traditional attire (sarongs only)

It remains a most honorable calling

Compromise and submission to powerlessness

this plant produces small black seeds that can be pressed to extract the valuable oil

to the powers tht be

Ellington Was not a Street ifa Note: Women are shown inGrade 3 8 Nelson illustrates the noted poets Mood Indigo, from her collection entitled A Daughters Geography. The book begins with the opening lines of the poem set against a pale gray page: it hasnt always been this way ellington was not a street. Opposite, a full page painting shows several people walking beneath a green sign that reads Ellington St. A young African American woman carrying a red umbrella is prominently featured, and readers will