Episode Synopsis ""Harlem" by Langston Hughes, "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay and "The Strong Men" by Sterling Brown"

The Ghanian Sankofa symbol reminds us to go back and fetch information from the past to inform our decisions about how to deal with the future. This week’s three poems: Harlem by Langston Hughes 1951, If We Must Die by Claude McKay 1919, and The Strong Men by Sterling Brown remind is that the past is indeed prologue. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.

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