#alamw17 Kwame Alexander at the ALA President's Program

Poems offer a beginning, middle and end. Kids use novels in verse as a bridge. Books are like amusement parks and sometimes you gotta let kids choose the rides. You Have to find your voice to resist. Will you be listened to? Who knows. Will you feel empowered to carry on the work? Absolutely. We will survive. Black Americans have been wading in teh water since we got here. Remember, recognize, resist, rise. America will will the battle against itself. BEcause the alternative is unimaginable. And here in this room we are nothing if not imaginative.

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#alamw17 Kwame Alexander at the ALA President’s Program

January 22, 2017February 10, 2017| Lisa Nowlain

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