Name: Toni Morrison and Angela Davis on Connecting for Progress by New York Public Library
Duration: 1 h 45 min 3 s
Description: We’re kicking off Black History Month with Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, who came to NYPL in 2010 for a conversation with activist and author Angela Davis. In this wide-ranging talk, Morrison and Davis discuss Frederick Douglass, education, and liberation.

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Mary Oliver reads from Blue Horses

Background and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/09/01/lucille-clifton-reads-wont-you-celebrate-with-me/

POEM TEXT

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We’re kicking off Black History Month with Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, who came to NYPL in 2010 for a conversation with activist and author Angela Davis. In this wide-ranging talk, Morrison and Davis discuss Frederick Douglass, education, and liberation.

Toni Morrison and Angela Davis on Connecting for Progress

Background, context, and transcribed text: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/13/james-baldwin-the-artists-struggle-for-integrity/

Recording by Pacifica Radio Archives.

CONTEXT / TEXT

James Baldwin: The Artist's Struggle for Integrity (full lecture)

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Toni Morrison and Angela Davis on Connecting for Progress

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