My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey Cover:Hardcover So she doesn't hesitate when

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away from the other clouds

AND to have lots of fun

It taught him to not be afraid of the dark

My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey Cover:Hardcover So she doesn't hesitate whenAs a young boy growing up in North Carolina, Romare Bearden listened to his great grandmothers Cherokee stories and heard the whistle of the train that took his people to the Northpeople who wanted to be free. When Romare boarded that same train, he watched out the window as the world whizzed by. Later he captured those scenes in a famous painting, Watching the Good Trains Go By. Using that painting as inspiration and creating a text influenced by the