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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

What’s in a Name to Alice Walker

Alice Walker's great-great-great-great-grandmother was a slave who journeyed on foot with two babies on her hips, from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia, which is considered Walker's ancestral home. In memory of that walk, Walker chose to keep and embrace her maiden name, Walker.

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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Gloria Steinem on Alice Walker

"It's not possible to separate Alice from her work," says writer and feminist Gloria Steinem. "Of anyone I've ever known or could possibly imagine, she's the most true .... When people used to ask me in the early days 'What is Alice Walker really like?' ...

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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Alice Walker Shines Light on Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston's embrace of black culture and language was an inspiration to Alice Walker. "I realized that unless I came out with everything I had supporting her, there was every chance that she would slip back into obscurity," Walker says of the Harlem Renaissance ...

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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Alice Walker Reads The Color Purple

In this archival footage, Alice Walker reads from what she calls "the God section" of her novel "The Color Purple." She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel. The text is from a letter the novel's protagonist, Celie, writes to her sister ...

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Billie Jean King

Interview with Venus Williams

The story of how Venus Williams met Billie Jean King and how King influenced Williams.

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The Legacy of the Original 9

Footage of the Original 9's reunion, featuring original interviews with Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova.

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Virginia Slims Tour

A look back at the Original 9's Virginia Slims Tour, formed in 1970. Featuring archival photos and footage, and original interviews with Judy Tegart Dalton, Ingrid Löfdahl Bentzer, Rosie Casals, Peachy Kellmeyer, Larry King, Billie Jean King and Julie Heldman.

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Interview with Chris Evert

Chris Evert discusses the Women's Movement and the vital role Billie Jean King played in the evolution of women in the world of sports.

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Women’s Sports Foundation

Ilana Kloss and Valerie Jarrett discuss Billie Jean King's legacy and the founding of the Women's Sports Foundation.