Three-year-old South Sider recites “Hey Black Child”
Three-year-old South Sider recites “Hey Black Child”
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Pe’Tehn Jackson has been wowing crowds with her rendition of “Hey Black Child” by Countee Cullen since she started performing it in March. The three-year-old from Chicago’s South Side memorized the poem in just one week. Pe’Tehn and her parents, Shaun and Andrea, join us in studio for a reading.