Young Gifted and Black performing at Youth Speaks' 'Bringing the Noise for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'

The group Young Gifted and Black out of Oakland, performing at Youth Speaks’ Bringing the Noise for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at San Francisco’s Nourse Auditorium in 2015.

Poems air on KALW 91.7 FM at 7:19 a.m. and 4:18 p.m. weekdays throughout February. This month we’re highlighting poems by local Black poets in honor of Black History Month.