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Young, Gifted, and Black: Preserving the Oral Tradition in the Age of Educational Suppression
On a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with longtime educator, organizer, and PhD Dr. Hodari Davis to discuss the powerful work of Young, Gifted, and Black (YGB), an Oakland-based youth performance organization rooted in Black history and the oral tradition. Founded in 1981 in Ithaca, New York by Dr. Davis’s mother and three other career teachers, YGB trains young people ages 8–18 to recite, perform, and embody the words of Black poets, activists, and historians — from Paul Lawrence Dunbar to Malcolm X to contemporary hip-hop artists. Dr. Davis, himself a YGB alumnus…
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