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& Hold On
YGB Lesson 1
This introductory YGB lesson focuses on two signature YGB songs “Hold On” by Erykah Badu and “Power to the People” Written by Tupac Shakur, Performed by Mos Def, and inspired by the Black Panther Party for Self Defense,
& I Can
YGB Lesson 2
This YGB lesson features the poem “I Can” by the Universally known and respected Dr. Maya Angelou and an adaptation of “Who Gon’ Stop Us?” by Shawn “Jay Z” Carter and Kanye West. This lesson introduces the African Holocaust and Black Resistance.
& Who Can Be Born Black?
YGB Lesson 3
YGB Lesson three highlights the central affirmation of Young Gifted and Black inspired by Marcus Garvey, “The African Pledge”. It also features historic poem.”Who Can Be Born Black” by historic poet Mari Evans. This lesson introduces Blackness and Africaness as identity.
& Speech to the Young
YGB Lesson 4
YGB Lesson 4 Features the classic freedom song “Im Non’ Stand” By Sweet Honey in the Rock, and “Speech to the Young” by Nikki Giovanni. This lesson focuses on agency, representation and standing up for what you believe in.
& We Wear the Mask Remix
YGB Lesson 5
YGB Lesson Five covers over 100 years of history with the same concept posited by legendary African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar “We Wear the Mask”. This lesson features an extra treat of a Langston Hughes poem “The Jester” embedded in the We Wear the Mask Remix.