AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – In Richmond County, the fourth annual Know Your History and Know Your Rights Poem competition took place at the county library.
The event helps to preserve the history of the Black American work to keep the younger generation from forgetting the past and encouraging a better future.
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock and Richmond County Sheriff Eugene Brantley were two of the attendees.
Many of the kids from 4 to 18 years old chose to talk about positive speakers in their poems or speeches.
“Kids really touch people regardless of your walk of life. Kids are the innocent ones, and they are coming up in this rough world. But when the kids are out here showing you something positive or telling you something positive, the entire community and nation can see that, and it can move people. We hope the message will carry forward and touch the nation,” said Morris Porter, president of the National Action Network in the CSRA.
Porter added that the kids also get to learn public speaking and research skills.
While the adults were able to be educated on their rights and will be able to pass that knowledge on to the kids.
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