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How Do You Raise a Black Child?

Cortney Lamar Charleston - "How Do You Raise a Black Child?" (Motionpoems)

Cortney Lamar Charleston - "How Do You Raise a Black Child?" (Motionpoems)

This Motionpoems film, presented by Button Poetry, is an adaptation of Cortney Lamar Charleston’s poem “How Do You Raise a Black Child?” directed by Seyi Peter-Thomas and produced by Station Film, in partnership with Cave Canem. Charleston is the author of the poetry collection, Telepathologies (Saturnalia Books, 2017).

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Poets & Writers Theater

How Do You Raise a Black Child?

Cortney Lamar Charleston - "How Do You Raise a Black Child?" (Motionpoems)

Cortney Lamar Charleston - "How Do You Raise a Black Child?" (Motionpoems)