Amanda Gorman, 2021

Poet Amanda Gorman reciting a poem at the 59th Presidential Inauguration on January 20th 2021.

Amanda Gorman, 2021 | Credit: Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II

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lesson:
Identifying and Resisting Jim Crow with Words and Songs

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, ELA, Social Studies/History

How have works of literature and music by Black Americans shared an empowering theme of identifying and resisting Jim Crow?