Monday, December 11, 2017

BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR - Poet Major Jackson

"Poet reflects on America where ‘an angry man can shoot a teenager’" PBS NewsHour 12/7/2017

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  For Major Jackson, poetry is a vehicle of exploration.  His poem "Stand Your Ground" responds to Florida's law that was famously invoked in the killing of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old boy.  Jackson gives his Brief But Spectacular take on leaving his mark.

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