Authors, Black.
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Lorraine Hansberry: in her own words / produced by Theodore Rubin. (Episode 2 of 2)
The first of a two-part documentary program celebrating the life of Black playwright Lorraine Hansberry (1930 – 1965). Hansberry was the author of the plays A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, as well as several plays unfinished in her lifetime, such as Toussaint, The Arrival of Mr. Todog, The…
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To create love with dry eyes: an interview with June Jordan by Deborah Morris.
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The Negritude poets / by Ellen Conroy Kennedy.
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Langston Hughes memorial.
Hughes reads his poetry and reminisces about his life and the Black experience in America.|LANGSTON HUGHES MEMORIAL – In this deeply moving program, Langston Hughes (recorded at his home before his death) reads from his poetry and reminisces about his life and the experience of Black people in America. One cannot help but respond to…
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Lorraine Hansberry: in her own words / produced by Theodore Rubin. (Episode 1 of 2)
The first of a two-part documentary program celebrating the life of Black playwright Lorraine Hansberry (1930 – 1965). Hansberry was the author of the plays A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, as well as several plays unfinished in her lifetime, such as Toussaint, The Arrival of Mr. Todog, The…
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What the Negro writer is not saying / Nat Hentoff.
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Coming out colored / Maya Chumu.
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Fever / John Edgar Wideman ; produced by Tom Vitale.
Series in which writers read and discuss their work. In this program John Edgar Wideman reads from the title story of his collection and talks about creative interpretations of African-American history.|FEVER / John Edgar Wideman| produced by Tom Vitale. – SERIES: A Moveable feast| no. 16 – John Edgar Wideman reads from the title story…
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Disappearing acts / Terry McMillan ; produced by Tom Vitale.
Series in which writers read and discuss their work. In this program Terry McMillan reads from her novel and talks about fiction of the Afro-American middle class.|DISAPPEARING ACTS / Terry McMillan| produced by Tom Vitale. – SERIES: A Moveable feast| no. 9 – Terry McMillan reads from her novel and talks about fiction of the…
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Tar baby / Toni Morrison ; interviewed by Barbara Cady.
Author Toni Morrison (1931 – ) discusses her latest book, Tar Baby (Alfred A. Knopf, 1981) with KPFK’s Barbara Cady. Morrison discusses class conflicts between Black people as one of the book’s themes, her feelings about authors’ personalities showing in their books, and about other Black women writers.