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Danny Glover on Alice Walker's Activism

Actor Danny Glover speaks about Alice Walker's work in the context of activism.

02/07/2014 | Rating TV-14

American Masters

Danny Glover on Alice Walker's Activism

Clip: 2/7/2014 | 55s

Actor Danny Glover speaks about Alice Walker's work in the context of activism.

In this film outtake, actor and activist Danny Glover speaks about Alice Walker's literary work in the context of her continuous activism, beginning with the Civil Rights Movement in the South, where she was born and raised.

02/07/2014 | Rating TV-14

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Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Koo...

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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth - Preview

Preview: 2/7/2014 | 30s | Premieres Friday, February 7, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings (30s)

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth - Trailer

Preview: 2/7/2014 | 1m 50s | Alice Walker, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Literature, is a writer and activist. (1m 50s)

Alice Walker Describes Creativity

Clip: 2/7/2014 | 35s | Alice Walker describes the act of creation as bliss. (35s)

Alice Walker Reads from The Color Purple

Clip: 2/7/2014 | 1m 15s | Alice Walker reads from what she calls "the God section" of her novel "The Color Purple." (1m 15s)

Alice Walker Shines Light on Zora Neale Hurston

Clip: 2/7/2014 | 2m 29s | Alice Walker shines light on writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. (2m 29s)

Alice Walker: What's in a Name

Clip: 2/7/2014 | 55s | Alice Walker talks about her great-great-great-great-grandmother's journey. (55s)

Gloria Steinem on Alice Walker, Her Friend

Clip: 2/7/2014 | 44s | "It's not possible to separate Alice from her work," says writer Gloria Steinem. (44s)

Going to College on a Segregated Bus

Clip: 2/7/2014 | 1m 26s | Alice Walker recalls the poignant parting from her father as she left for Spelman College. (1m 26s)

Howard Zinn on Alice Walker, His Former Student

Clip: 2/7/2014 | 47s | Howard Zinn compares his former student, Alice Walker, to Zora Neale Hurston. (47s)

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