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Just Breathe
Jamil Pirant
My name is Jamil, and this is called, Just Breathe. It’s been a lot of times where I really know exactly what to do next. I got anxious out of panic before. I did a… Full Transcript
Endure
Larry Stromberg
Hi, this is Larry Stromberg, and I’m going to perform my short play called “Endure.” “Endure” It was Christmas, 1973, South Philly. I met Joey during a difficult time in my childhood. I was seven… Full Transcript
Freedom
Eddy Treadwell
Hello, this is Mr. Eddie Treadwell, again, calling now from Kinross Correctional Facility here in Michigan. I was transferred from Alger. And I’d like to speak a little bit about freedom. What is freedom, right?… Full Transcript
Struggle To Be
Spoon Jackson
“Struggle To Be.” I don’t want to give loneliness freelance to do its thing, but ultimately, sometimes it happens anyway. So long it has been since my body has been where it wanted to go.… Full Transcript
No Moon: A Poem
Spoon Jackson
This poem is called No Moon. I was afraid this would happen The way the night looks with no moon,The way the wind whistles off the back porch. You want to love me. How can… Full Transcript
I Can’t Breathe
Safir Chuma Asafo
This is Asafo Chuma Asafo reporting from Huntington State Prison in Pennsylvania. I can’t breathe within the solitary confinement of this police state environment. Eleven times ignored cries, until my freedom of speech went silent. I can’t… Full Transcript
16. Mother Loss
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Relatively tall, mountainous cheek bones, dimples like donuts and skin the color of Indian corn. She left life in the South for what was then the promised land up North. Although she lived, loved, raised… Full Transcript
My name is Raymond White, and the poem that I will be reciting for you guys today is titled “And I Will Still Be Holding You”. This poem speaks to the nature of humankind, The… Full Transcript