Black Writers: Rita Dove and John Wideman
March 5, 2003
Rita Dove 1993 poet laureate
John Wideman educator, novelist, biographer

Authors Rita Dove, On the Bus with Rosa Parks (1999), Through the Ivory Gate (1992), and John Wideman, Sent for You Yesterday , Philadelphia Fire, read from their work.

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Authors | John Wideman | Rita Dove | African American | Profiles | Writing Process | Race
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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I
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CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Fre
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part II
Hill Harper
01:31:12
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Fre
Cynthia Lopez: WAM! 2009 Keynote
Cynthia Lopez
01:00:49
Cynthia Lopez, vice president of American Documentary's P.O.V., delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Women, Action & the Media conference.
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Charles Burnett
00:46:24
The creators of the 2003 documentary Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property discuss their film, which analyzes Nat Turner's slave rebellion of 1831 and its aftermath in American memory.
Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
01:21:50
Conservative historian Andrew Bacevich discusses his provocative book The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. Bacevich joins Charles Sennott, founder of the on-line news service GlobalPost, to discuss the challenges the Obama administration faces in Afghanistan.
Paul Goodnight: Memorial for the Middle Passage
Paul Goodnight
00:26:54
African cultural artist Paul Goodnight talks about the power of art and its ability to fight inhumanity, change perceptions, and heal old wounds. This is what a Boston monument memorializing the slave trade's "Middle Passage" could do for the world.
Image of Sonata Mulattica: Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 240 pages
Image of Selected Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: Vintage (1993)
Binding: Paperback, 240 pages
Image of Thomas and Beulah
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press (1986)
Binding: Paperback, 79 pages
Image of American Smooth: Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 112 pages
Image of Mother Love: Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (1996)
Binding: Paperback, 96 pages
Image of On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 96 pages
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