Walker, Alice, 1944-

  • Democracy Now! March 10, 2003

    Thousands Protest at Code Pink Protest in Washington: We Hear Speeches From Gloria Johnson, Nancy Lessin and Hafsat Abiola; British woman arrested for violating the Official Secrets Act & the United Nations launches inquiry into U.S. spying ofnUN diplomats. We talk to Observer reporter Marin Bright who broke the story; Is MSNBC trying to out-fox…

  • Democracy Now! February 25, 2003

    A People s History of the United States, 1,000,000 copies and counting: This book delivered our history to us said actress Alfre Woodard who joins Alice Walker, Danny Glover, Kurt Vonnegut, Marisa Tomei and others in celebrating Howard Zinn s classic; Historian Howard Zinn talks about bombs, terrorism, the anti-war movement and the Bush administration…

  • Democracy Now! March 10, 2003

    Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston, Medea Benjamin & 20 other women are arrested outside the White House: Thousands gather in Washington for Code Pink peace demonstration; Should President Bush be impeached? Progressive Congressional Democrats consider introducing articles of impeachment if the U.S. attacks Iraq; US & UK relied on forged document in making the case…

  • Democracy Now! June 19, 2002

    THE LEGACY OF ACTIVIST AND POET JUNE JORDAN |Today is Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. Today we will observe Juneteenth by paying tribute to June Jordan, who lived her life as a call to freedom and a hymn for justice. All that and more coming up.…

  • Democracy Now! July 04, 2002

    TRIBUTE TO ACTIVIST AND POET JUNE JORDAN/INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH FREDERICK DOUGLASS |Story: CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL VOICES OF THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT, FREDERICK DOUGLASS Today is a national holiday, commemorating the Fourth of July, when American colonies declared their independence from England in 1776. While many in America hang flags, attend…

  • Alice Walker : the color purple / produced by Laurie Udesky and Corless Smith.

    This program contains an interview, a speech, and readings from Alice Walker’s book, “The Color Purple.” In the interview, Walker talks about God, faith, lesbians, publishers and writing as healing. Walker also talks about writing in dialect. The readings are intermixed with music. Walker’s talks were recorded at Old Wives’ Tales in San Francisco and…

  • Alice Walker

    Alice Walker Pulitzer prize winning author Alice Walker, whose works have touched countless lives and inspires authors and womanists of many stripes, will join us. Her most recent work is BOOK: BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER’S SMILE.

  • Now You Have Touched The Women : Now You Have Struck A Rock (Part 3 of 3)

    Now You Have Touched The Women : Now You Have Struck A Rock. Actuality of a women’s event, held a the Berkeley Community Theater, 30 June 1990. CONTENT: Pt.1. A Message from Winnie Mandela / read by Roscoe Dellums — pt.2. Comment on Mandela’s letter / Angela Davis — pt.3. HR1580 : sponsored by Congressman…

  • Author Alice Walker reads the short story, Roselily

    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker (1944 – ) reads her short story “Roselily” (written ca. 1967). Walker then talks with KPFA’s Ginny Z. Berson about the story, how she wrote it about her first marriage to a civil rights attorney and how it questions the dominance of Christianity over all religions in the US. The…

  • Crossroads / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna.

    Ongoing weekly radio newsmagazine focusing upon minority issues and broader issues from a minority perspective. Produced by independent producers and includes commentaries and reviews by established critics, artists and writers.|CROSSROADS / produced by Elizabeth Perez-Luna. – Ongoing weekly radio newsmagazine focusing upon minority issues and broader issues from a minority perspective. Produced by independent producers…