Who is Angela Morgan

Angela Morgan (c. 1875 – January 24, 1957) was an American poet. Her given name at birth was Nina Lillian, which she later changed to Angela.

Life

Nina Lillian Morgan was born in about 1875, either in Washington, D.C., or in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Her father was Albert T. Morgan, a Northern abolitionist who moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi after the Civil War and became a state senator. Her mother was Carrie Highgate, an "Octoroon" member of a prominent family in Syracuse, New York; her eldest sister was Edmonia Highgate. Their interracial marriage was considered scandalous in Reconstruction-era Mississippi by white racists.Her family lived in Washington from 1876 to 1885, and then moved to Lawrence, Kansas, and later to Topeka, Kansas. In 1890 her father lef...
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Angela Morgan Poems

  • In Spite Of War
    In spite of war, in spite of death,
    In spite of all man's sufferings,
    Something within me laughs and sings
    And I must praise with all my breath....
  • Choice
    I'd rather have the thought of you
    To hold against my heart,
    My spirit to be taught of you
    With west winds blowing,...
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Spirit 2 Claim 1 Live 1 Courage 1 Breath 1 Comfort 1 Thought 1 Hold 1 Warm 1 Choice 1


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Babypitabread: we don’t skip morgan wallen in this car
Lawrenc03474506: my mother rosemary may morgan made one transgender named him angela denise weeks in 1963 before she murdered a usa president in november 1963 butch what does that mean melia mura!
Kaurilover: these disgusting, vile excuses for human beings, talking about hanging a small child over a balcony. join the ranks of the other despicables, like angela levin, piers morgan, dan wooten (sp) and the other ugly hearts.
Dundeeedpsychs: angela morgan spoke to lots of people about their experiences of how well additional support was working in schools. she wrote a report. children in scotland wrote a shorter and easier to read version and it's here
Angela_h_p: shout out to morgan moore!!! proud of you lady.
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Hem and Haw were the sons of sin,
Created to shally and shirk;
Hem lay 'round and Haw looked on
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Hem was a fogy, and Haw was a prig,
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