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Slam Poetry Trio Gives Powerful Performance on National TV about the Failures of Modern Education

"The greatest lessons are the ones you don't remember learning." 

Belissa Escobedo, Rhiannon McGavin, and Zariya Allen, members of the Get Lit organization perform "Somewhere in America" on the The Queen Latifah Show. 
 

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