Holy Trinity's African American Read-In Poetry Reading - National Council of Teachers of English

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Holy Trinity’s African American Read-In Poetry Reading

February 20, 2024 @ 9:42 am - 9:57 am

Free

During chapel time on February 20th we will hold a poetry reading. All teachers and students from grades 7-12 will attend, roughly 670 people. Mrs McDonald will introduce the event, poems, poets, and student readers, 6 students will read a poem. The poems were chosen to represent Black Literature from the late 1800’s to modern times and include men and women: BLK History Month by Nikki Giovanni, The Rose the Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur, Caged Bird by Maya Angelou, Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall, The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes, and We wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Details

Date:
February 20, 2024
Time:
9:42 am - 9:57 am
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

Sommer McDonald
Phone
3214126978
Email
smcdonald@htes.org