PBS American Portrait

Remix: For My People

Clip: Episode 4 | 6m 58s  | Video has closed captioning.

A crowdsourced poem inspired by Margaret Walker Alexander’s classic “For My People,” curated by 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and read alongside fellow members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Aired: 01/26/21

Rating: NR

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