CTRW II
Poetry as Protest
In pairs, you will create an 8-10 minute documentary video on a poet and their protest for social justice. Your objective is to analyze a poem/song/video in order to see how a poet has constructed meaning in the context of a social justice movement. Your video will be presented to your class.
Poetry Collections
Poems of Protest, Resistance, and Empowerment
The selection of poems below call out and talk back to the inhumane forces that threaten from above. They expose grim truths, raise consciousness, and build united fronts.
Throughout history, poetry has always spoken in the most challenging, tragic, and formative circumstances. Poets have been at the forefront of wielding language to create change for the people. Explore the work of Elizabeth Alexander, Agha Shahid Ali, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Marilyn Chin, Aracelis Girmay, Langston Hughes, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Claudia Rankine, Roger Reeves, Adrienne Rich, and Muriel Rukeyser, to name just a few.
A curated collection of poetry and poetry anthologies, available for checkout in the HS Library.
A curated collection of books about protests movements, both current and historical, around the world. Available for checkout in the HS Library.
Censorpedia: An Interactive Database of Censorship Incidents
An interactive wiki of censorship incidents from the Iron Age to the 21st century.Â
Poetry of Resistance: From the anti-CAA protests in India
Poetry written about and used by protesters of the Citizenship Amendment Act, passed by India's parliament in 2019.
Poetry in a Time of Protest By Edwidge Danticat
A reflection on the necessity and power of poetry in the wake of the 2016 US Presidential Election
Britannica School
Gale Literature Resource Center
Gale in Context: Biography
Gale in Context: Global Issues
Gale in Context: World History
JSTOR