i have a daughter named zora, i dream about zora, i adopted for a show on pbs. i read all of alice walkers book. everything i could richmond met people who have written about zora. and the people who come to my house, one of the places is -- zora is such a part of my life. and what was the -- was i answering the question? >> you did, and you did it thoroughly. thank you. >> and the first -- i wrote a television show, and also i read --s' so many people who wrote about zora, you know, professors and such a connection she had with so many people. thanks to alice's discovery. but so many people in literature know zora and she is seminal. she is like the bible. >> yes, she is. >> bring her to the world has been sonia sanchez. you have taught -- sonia, you have taught this book, their eyes are watching god, all over the country, for the last few decades. beginning in the 1960s and '70s with the emergence of the black studies program. where did your journey begin with this book? >> we have to all, i think, sitting on the stage, have to pay homage to sister alice, who

the life of zora neale hurston. at only three years old, when zora neale hurston died in relative obscurity, lucy anne hurston compiled the work on her aunt. lucy anne hurston's education and expenses provides with a unique connection to her aunt's perspective in life. she has been a producer and host onto productions of zora neale hurston's. she currently teaches sociology at manchester community college in connecticut. lucy anne hurston begins her work speaks so you can speak again. zora neale hurston ignites passion. once introduced to her story, though it is told about her, people want more. [applause] [applause] alice walker is an internationally celebrated author, poet, and activist whose books include several novels for collections of short stories, for children's books and volumes of essays and poetry. she is best known for the color purple, 1983 novel for which she won the pulitzer prize. the first african-american woman to win the pulitzer prize in fiction and the national book award. her work has been tra

of zora's play. lucianne go hurston teaches sociology at lanchester hume community college in connecticut. lucienne go hurston begins her work, speaks, let us. >> again. zora neale hurston ignites passion. once introduced in the story though she told and those told about her, people want more. [applause] speech alice walker is an internationally celebrated author, poet and activist whose books include seven novels, for collections of short stories, for children's books and volumes of poetry. she is best-known best known for the color purple, the 1983 novel where she won the pulitzer prize. the first african-american woman to win the pulitzer prize in fiction and the national book award, and her work has been translated into more than two dozen languages and her books have sold more than 15 million copies. walker's most recent works are overcoming speechlessness, a poet encounters the horror and ramon to come eastern congo and palestine israel. hard times, require furious dancing. the world has change

zone takes place in democratic and suffering way at least according to the will of the people and zora attains of policy and not in the sense that i think that certain circles in the european union are karen lee thinking that is i should have exit from the euro zone as if you know a way to punish people for rejecting austerity you're going to prison i mean isn't this a choice but what about the warnings that your country will be jumping from the some call frying pan into the fire by doing that well we're into the fire i mean how worse can it get we're in the fifth year of a recession we have unemployment over twenty one twenty two percent there's no exit exit strategy and people are in despair and this is what's happened in the last election this was was expressed this social divest ation took a political front so i think it's much better to actually think about a radical change in policy but as you say there's no president believe in what kind of political consequences could greece face. well i think that. it's going to be difficult. they're going to try the whole transition period an

[applause] >> for more information about zora neale hurston, visit zora neale hurston.com. >> up next, booktv takes a look at the chickasaw nation with michael lovegrove, author of a nation in transition. the tribe migrated to south-central oklahoma in the mid-1800s and they're forced to preserve their heritage ever since. otd talked with mr. lovegrove in oklahoma city. >> henry johnson was governor of the chickasaw nation from 1898-1902. constitutionally, the governors could not succeed themselves more than two terms so he had to step down and 1902 when his successor, was elected governor, and essentially after mosley's term, johnston was appointed governor from 1904-1939 until he died by president theodore roosevelt. so essentially appointed governor. he was governor for the rest of his life, serving longer than any native american chief executive in our nation's history. he was a man who was very progressive the he was very well educated. he was very steep in southern tradition. his ancestors lived in mississippi, and they came across the so-called trail of tears, which all the fiv