Voter suppression, an original poem, and the significance of hair - S3E3

January 31, 2020 00:14:06
Voter suppression, an original poem, and the significance of hair - S3E3
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Voter suppression, an original poem, and the significance of hair - S3E3

Jan 31 2020 | 00:14:06

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Show Notes

Students at Pittsburgh Obama talk about aspects of voter suppression, Melia Lenker, a senior at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, with a poem entitled, Girls will be Girls, and Windafire, a teen from East Liberty, with a commentary on the cultural significance of hair.

Background Music:"Maccary Bay" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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