Harlem Renaissance poet Esther Popel Shaw (1896-1958) was a writer, teacher, and activist. She wrote the legendary poem The Flag Salute in response to the lynching of a Black man accused of attacking a white woman. Read it now at sewingcirclepodcast.com/listen-now/esther-popel-shaw

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