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Clint Smith is a 2014 National Poetry Slam champion, an Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, a Callaloo Fellow, and has served as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. Department of State. He is a teacher, writer, and doctoral candidate in Education at Harvard University. His two TED Talks, The Danger of Silence and How to Raise a Black Son in America, collectively have been viewed more than 4 millions times.
Clint Smith is a 2014 National Poetry Slam champion, an Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, a Callaloo Fellow, and has served as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. Department of State. He is a teacher, writer, and doctoral candidate in Education at Harvard University. His two TED Talks, The Danger of Silence and How to Raise a Black Son in America, collectively have been viewed more than 4 millions times.
