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Elizabeth Alexander: The Black Interior
April 21, 2004
Elizabeth Alexander poet, screen writer [homepage]

Poet Elizabeth Alexander explores a wide spectrum of contemporary African-American artistic life through literature, paintings, film and popular media, and discusses its place in current culture. In a collection that includes her much-heralded essay on Rodney King, she looks at "black life and creativity behind the public face of stereotype and limited imagination."

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John Callahan and Adam Bradley on Ralph Ellison
John Callahan
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Editors John Callahan and Adam Bradley discuss Ralph Ellison's posthumously-published second novel Three Days Before the Shooting.
African Meeting House Rededication Ceremony, Boston, Part 1
Beverly Morgan-Welch
00:54:54
The African Meeting House, located in Beacon Hill, Boston, was built in 1806 by skilled African-American craftsmen, and was the center of Boston's African-American community for nearly one hundred years.
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Generations of Social Justice
Xernona Clayton
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This program invites two individuals, Xerona Clayton who worked with Dr Martin Luther King 50 years ago and today is the president of the foundation that presents the Trumpet Awards, a prestigious award ceremony which recognizes African American accomplishments and is sponsored by the Turner Broadca
African Meeting House Rededication Ceremony, Boston Part 2
Beverly Morgan-Welch
01:11:00
The African Meeting House, located in Beacon Hill, Boston, was built in 1806 by skilled African-American craftsmen, and was the center of Boston's African-American community for nearly one hundred years.
American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt
Daniel Rasmussen
00:42:29
Historian Daniel Rasmussen discusses his first book, American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt.
Isabel Wilkerson: Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
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Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson discusses her first book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.
Image of Power and Possibility: Essays, Reviews, and Interviews (Poets on Poetry)
Author: Elizabeth Alexander
Publisher: University of Michigan Press (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages
Image of Antebellum Dream Book
Author: Elizabeth Alexander
Publisher: Graywolf Press (2001)
Binding: Paperback, 96 pages

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