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Hey Black Child

By: Useni Eugene Perkins, Bryan Collier
Narrated by: Pe'Tehn Raighn-Kem Jackson
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 Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins.

Hey black child,

Do you know who you are?

Who really are?Do you know you can be

What you want to be

If you try to be

What you can be?

This lyrical, empowering poem celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young people to dream big and achieve their goals. Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Multicultural Stories Poetry Poetry & Nursery Rhymes
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A true inspiration to my child and me her mother the saying is true the pen is mightier than the sword

A poem that for all vulnerable little ones in the world

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