This program from the “Negro Writer’s Vision of America” conference held April 23-25, 1965 at New York’s New School is a discussion of the Negro woman in America and in American literature. Participants are poet Sarah Wright, playwright Alice Childress, singer and actress Abbey Lincoln, novelist Paule Marshall and poet Sterling A. Brown. This is the second episode of a twelve-part series of recordings from the Negro Writer’s Vision of America Conference; the remaining episodes are not currently held by the Archives.
The Negro woman in American literature (Episode 2 of 12)
PRA Archive #:
BB5284
Date Recorded On:
at the New School, New York City, April 1965.
Date Broadcast On:
WBAI, 13 June 1965; KPFK, 23 Sept. 1965.
Item Duration:
2 reels (82 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
Total Duration (All Reels):
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Availability Notice:
This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
New School, New York City, NY (spatial)
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- PRA Archive #: BB5284
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- Episode: The Negro woman in American literature (Episode 2 of 12)
- Series: The Negro writer’s vision of America
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RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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- Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1965
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- Moderator: Sarah Wright
- Speaker: Abbey Lincoln
- Speaker: Alice Childress
- Speaker: Paule Marshall
- Speaker: Sterling A. Brown



