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.
The late Howard Zinn gave one of his final interviews for the first film biography of Alice Walker, "Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth." Zinn first met Walker when she became his student at Spelman College. In this web exclusive outtake from the film, Zinn likens Alice Walker to Zora Neale Hurston, Walker's "hero," saying Walker was not afraid to offend either whites or blacks. She was honest.
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Howard Zinn on Alice Walker, His Former Student
Clip: 2/7/2014 | 47s
The late Howard Zinn gave one of his final interviews for the first film biography of Alice Walker, "Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth." Zinn first met Walker when she became his student at Spelman College. In this web exclusive outtake from the film, Zinn likens Alice Walker to Zora Neale Hurston, Walker's "hero," saying Walker was not afraid to offend either whites or blacks. She was honest.
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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)
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. (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)
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