This Little Girl Has a Word for All the Magnificent Black Children of the World

Little Pe’Tehn Raighn Kem's parents are clearly doing something right. She proudly recites Countee Cullen's "Hey Black Child," and fills our hearts with pride.


Here's the poem in full.

Hey Black Child
Do you know who you are
Who you really are
Do you know you can be
What you want to be
If you try to be
What you can be


Hey Black Child
Do you know where you are going
Where you're really going
Do you know you can learn
What you want to learn
If you try to learn
What you can learn


Hey Black Child
Do you know you are strong
I mean really strong
Do you know you can do
What you want to do
If you try to do
What you can do


Hey Black Child
Be what you can be
Learn what you must learn
Do what you can do
And tomorrow your nation
Will be what you what it to be