we had tony morrison which everybody shivering in their boots, speechless meeting her and turned out to be so down-to-earth and wonderful. probably the biggest event we ever had was muhammad ali. that was a tremendous. a line four deep, down the corner, around the corner to the next street and that lasted four five hours and he was kind enough to stay here told time. that everybody sit on his lap, take his picture or shake his hand, very gracious. i think the community appreciates this and they let us know that. they support us in every possible way. the understand the importance of resources and knowledge about them in their community and i think more and more people are understanding most of the black bookstores have shutdown and not only because of online shopping or big box stores but also lack of consciousness in the community that doesn't send them in here searching for the knowledge. i was asked to speak at a junior high school middle school and these are mid teenagers and it was for martin luther king's birthday and finally, talking on and on about martin luther king and gett

karen: toni morrison, the renowned author, the pulitzer prize-winning author,: "to kill a mockingbird" a -- called "to kill a mockingbird" a white savior narrative. john: i think what she means by that is "to kill a mockingbird" that waiting for assistance, waiting for help from my journalistic whites. if you think about "to kill a mockingbird" the the book have very little agency on robertson. is he is heard from on trial accusations. karen: the tale is told through the eyes and voice of the white black characters. john: how different the book would be. karen: that some of the criticism we have in terms of hollywood movies also about race. john: exactly. i think that is what spike lee has pointed to as well. it goes back to explain narrative that always has to be advocated by white people. karen: this was a fascinating topic. 30 seconds left. tell us what the discussion will be on february 3. john: one i hope to do is describe a little bit or explore ." i also want to talk about the significance of "go set a watchman" and how it changes and the other. karen: you can join professor mo

was a woman i'm sure people have heard of, toni morrison. ms. morrison said she liked working with durham because he was such a good writer, and she also liked working with ali. he flirted with her first. [laughter] but the only problem she said she had with the whole project m kept promising a manuscript and didn't deliver, because he was traveling the world with ali. at one point, they were talking about maybe getting another writer, but he was so good, and whenever he turned in a copy of chapters,r manuscript they were so great that they just stuck with it. the book came out in 1975, and "the greatest," the film based on the book, came out two years later. >> that's awesome. so he obviously also got a chance to meet malcolm x., too. didn'trobably did, but i find any evidence in my research that they interacted. that given that he was the editor of the paper that he knew what was happening with malcolm x. i was really interested in finding out if he wrote anything about the whole dispute between malcolm x. and elijah mohammed right before malco

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much agreed that pretty much the most well-regarded living american writer is the nobel laureate toni morrison. she is indeed african-american. the idea that it never happens just is not the case. is it rare and exceptional? it is a tough thing to elbow your way onto and it's a politically fraud as much as it is based on literature and all sorts of things. i have a pretty healthy ego. i can't imagine anyone sitting down and saying i'm going to write a work that lives in this for the rest of. you want to invite yourself as you sit down at his not a way to go about it. and again in a certain way you are talking about the marketplace and the academy as the sort of larger literary marketplace of people walking into barnes and noble or popping onto amazon.com. the writer does what the writer does and then you hope things work out the way they will to your advantage or not. there's only so much one can do it seems to me. >> well, we are still at that stage where a phd candidate comes to the professor in this i want to work on the study of comparative literature professor would say is this actually a

and the last strange twist to , this is kindars of an interesting place to end, toni morrison famously called bill clinton the first black president. this quotes, she is responding in some ways to the persistent attacks on clinton, that clinton's own poverty, that ,linton's own tough backgrounds that those in power refused to let him climb. those in power refused to let him in the same way -- and his empathy and compassion in the face of this embodied what he thought was an ethos of what -- he those of who struggled in poverty. it is an interesting career to hold a revered place. hillary ran against obama in south carolina. clinton's ability to adapt and change is one of the best stories. this was an artful politician. and we can see some of ourselves. some of our best and worst sides. that is often what politics is, and clinton understood that. sort of left us where we are at. thursday, this article is kind of long. about theng to read prison industrial complex and follow-up on this crime of justice and how america responds to it and play off a very important theme across party lines.

durham's editor is a woman i'm sure people have heard of, tony morrison. ms.orrison loved working with durham because she was such a good writer and she also liked working with ali even though he flirted with her at first. come on, i'm not going to be your momma. back up. but the only problem she said she had with this whole project was that durham kept promising a manuscript but didn't deliver. he was traveling the world with ali. there was talk of getting another writer. but he was so good. and she said whenever he turned in, you know, copies of his work or you know, the manuscript chapters, they were so great that you know, they just stuck with it. the back came out in '75. and then "the greatest" the film based on the book starring ali came out two years later. >> wow. that's awesome. he obviously also got a chance to meet malcom x then too, right? >> he probably did. but i didn't find any evidence in my research that they interacted. but i know that given that he was the editor of their paper that, you know, he knew what was happening with malcom x. and i

and family records, as well as interviews with family and colleagues like studs terkel and tone toni morrison. a star investigative reporter and editor for the pioneering black newspapers like "chicago defender" and "mohammed speaks." "word warrior" tells the story of a champion of african-american freedom, equality and justice during an epoch that forever changed a nation. sonia williams is a professor in the department of media, journalism and film at howard university and the winner of three george foster peabody awards as a radio producer. her credits include "wade in the water" african-american sacred music tradition. telling it like it was, and jazz profiles. she'll be interviewed tonight by wanda sabir mpblt a senior writer for the "san francisco bay view newspaper." a radio host and writing professor, she was raised in san francisco and is a new orleans native. we do have copies of "word warrior" as well as ms. barnett's book jam on the vine that will be for sale after the program. and i know that sonia would be happy to sign copies of the book as well. so please join me in welcoming

durham's editor was tony morrison and she said she loved working with durham because he was such a good and liked working with ali even though she flirted with him first and she was like i am old enough to be your mommy. the only problem she had with the whole project was that durham kept promising a m manuscript and didn't deliver was he was traveling the road with ali. there was talks about getting another writer but he was so good and whenever he turned into the copies of the work or manuscripts they were great and he stuck with. the book came out in '75 and the film based on the book starring ali came out two years later. >> that is awesome. so he obviously got a chance to meet malcolm-x, too, right? >> he probably did but i didn't find any evidence in my research they interacted. but i know given that he was the editor of their paper that he knew what was happening with malcolm-x. i am interested in finding out if he wrote anything about the whole dispute between malcolm x and elijah mohammed before malcolm left the nation and he didn't. his brother said that right around the whole