Writings

Over the hill to the little red schoolhouse I excitedly came,

Searching for truth and wisdom; and not for any hope of fame...

     Excerpt poem titled The Forgotten Schoolhouse

          by Cynthia Cozette Lee

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DR. CYNTHIA COZETTE LEE,  an award-winning Black American composer, is also an author and poet, who began writing inspiring poems and books of fiction as well as non-fiction essays in 2000. Her first moving book of poetry titled The Forgotten Schoolhouse: Original Poems and Stories on Faith Love Nature and Wonder is available on Amazon books and other online book dealers. Click on Author's Page to go to Convenant Books. 

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C. C. Lee’s recent published book was written in collaboration with her sister, H. A. Lee, and is titled Bring Faith To Dreams: Black Teens Experience The British Rock Music Invasion This inspiring book is a narrative memoir that tells the untold story of the Lee sisters teen experiences with meeting and seeing over 125 stars in British and American rock music and American soul music in the 1960s and 1970s perform in concert. This book’s message of faith and belief, interwined with hope, makes this book a must read.

• Lee, H. A. & Lee, C. C. Bring Faith To Dreams: Black Teens Experience The British Rock Music Invasion (2026). iUniverse.

• Lee, C. C. Survival in Time (2022). 50-Word Stories Online Magazine.

• Lee, Hazel Ann & Lee, Cynthia Cozette. Historic Photo: Discovery of Relatives by Sisters. Gene News. Volume 3. Fall (2022) African American Genealogy Group (AAGG) Newletter. Philadelphia, PA.

• Lee, Hazel Ann & Lee, Cynthia Cozette. Surviving a Storm at Sea: Military Record Discovery of Warren D. Garner, USCT. Gene News. Volume 1. Winter (2022) African American Genealogy Group (AAGG) Newletter. Philadelphia, PA.

• Lee, C.C. (2020). The Forgotten Schoolhouse: Original Poems and Stories on Faith, Love, Nature and Wonder. Covenant Books.

• Cozette, Cynthia (2020). Visit to Poe's House-poem. SFPA-Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association Halloween Poetry Reading Online 2020. 

• Lee. C.C. (2014). Native American Music and Living Legends. Teachers Institute of Philadelphia.

• Lee, C. (2010). D.O.O.R.S. of Change: Capacity Building to Differentiated Instruction. Dissertation Published by ProQuest.

• Lee, C. (November, 2000). Build a bias-free classroom. NJEA Review, 14-16.

• Cynthia Cozette Lee Collection of Roland Leich Letters Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 

• Curtis Institute of Music Library Archives Cynthia Cozette Lee letters to Roland Leich (part 3), 1976-2010

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