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Write A Letter To Gates

Compose a letter to Gates. Include specific elements of the text of Stony the Road that resonated with you and explain why.

Learn About a Movement

Research the Black Lives Matter movement and its goals. Then make a poster depicting one of the movement’s main messages and hang it within your school or community.

Choose A Song

The tremendous power of propaganda is a theme that arises frequently within Gates’s book Stony the Road. Choose a song that involves or discusses the use of propaganda and play it for the class.

Watch an Episode

Seek out one of the television shows that Henry Gates, Jr. has created, such as the series entitled Reconstruction or his genealogy series. Watch an episode and write a reflection about the connections you see between Stony the Road and the episode you viewed.

Compose a Poem

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