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THE LETTER SPANNED 300 YEARS FROM BENJAMIN BANNEKER'S LETTER TO THEN SECRETARY THOMAS JEFFERSON PROTESTING... |
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THANK-YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH MY WONDERFUL FRIEND, DEAN BARRINGTON.... |
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MY DEAR SON, KATO, I'VE LONG TO SEE YOU IN MY OLD AGE. I CALLED WELL WITH GROVER THE MINISTER OF THE... |
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THIS IS A LETTER FROM A MAN TO DIANA, SEPTEMBER 19th COME 1858. I TAKE THE PLEASURE OF WRITING USE... |
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WE ARE TAKEN BEHIND A PUBLIC FACADE OF SCHOLARS AND ACTIVISTS. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. LETTER... |
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THIS IS A LETTER FROM DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING TO HIS WIFE CORRETA SCOTT KING COME ON OCTOBER 26th,... |
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W.E.B. DUBOIS, THE EMINENT SCHOLAR AND ACTIVIST AND MOURNING THE DOTING FATHER ABOUT AND THE CURIOSITY... |
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A DEAR LITTLE DAUGHTER, I HAVE WAITED FOR YOU TO GET WELL SETTLED BEFORE WRITING. BY THIS TIME I HOPE... |
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AND THE BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS FREDDIE WASHINGTON MORPHED INTO THE ACTIVIST. |
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FRIDAY WASHINGTON TO DORA SNEATH, AUGUST 2nd, 1949. DER TORRE SNEATH, A EXURBS FROM YOUR COLUMN STATED... |
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AND IN 2008 FOLLOWING BARACK OBAMA'S HISTORIC ELECTION, ALICE WALKER RODE HIM TO EXPRESS HER PRIDE... |
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ALICE WALKER TO PRESIDENT ELECT BARACK OBAMA A COME ON NOVEMBER 5th, 20008. DEAR BROTHER PRESIDENT,... |
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WHAT EMERGES IS A MULTI DIMENSIONAL PORTRAIT OF BLACK LIFE. IN LIFE LONG FRAUD TO BE SURE WITH HARDSHIP,... |
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[INAUDIBLE] |
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LET THEM INTO A MICROPHONE. |
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS IS |
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THANK YOU. |
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I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT THIS? HOW DID YOU GET THE LETTERS AND THE VOICES? |
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WELL, THE LETTERS, MANY OF THEM THOUSANDS ARE DEPOSITED IN ARCHIVES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND I TRAVELED... |
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LIKE TO KNOW OBVIOUSLY MUST HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF THESE LETTERS, THOUSANDS. |
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BUT WHO IS COUNTING? |
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HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHICH ONES SHOULD BE INCLUDED? THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF CORRESPONDENCE AND WAS... |
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IS A PRETTY QUIRKY PROCESS. FIRST I TRIED TO MOVE ADDS THE ARK OF HISTORY SO I TRIED TO SIGN THE EARLIEST... |
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I HAVE TO DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF DAVID LEVERING LEWIS, HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE I REACHED... |
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HI, I HAVE A QUESTION, HE SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT FACING OPPOSITION AND PUBLISHING NEWSLETTERS, TO SPEAK... |
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YES THE REASONS ARE SO VARIED WITH SOME OF THE STATE'S. I GOT THE SENSE THAT THEY DID NOT APPRECIATE... |
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DID YOU GET A SENSE IN THE SHAPE OF THE RESEARCH THAT THERE WAS A MOMENT THAT RICH AFRICAN AMERICAN... |
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WELL, OBVIOUSLY DURING SLAVERY WRITING A LETTER WAS AN ILLEGAL ACT AND I GUESS I WAS MOST MOVED BY... |
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I'M THRILL, OF COURSE,. I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER YOU CAME ACROSS QUANTITY WISE LETTERS WRITTEN BY PARENTS... |
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THE LETTERS WRITTEN TO UNIVERSITIES? |
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TO COLLEGE PRESIDENTS BECAUSE I REMEMBER SINGING AND EXPEDITION WHEN ALLISON AND TYING LONG TIME AGO... |
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I ACTUALLY DID AND MORE SO IN THE COLLECTION OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WHERE THERE WERE ALWAYS THESE... |
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YOU HAVE WRITTEN OTHER BOOKS AND I WONDER IF WRITING THOSE BOOKS WHETHER THERE WAS A CONNECTION OR... |
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THAT IS AN INSIDE WILL QUESTION. PEOPLE SEE THE RANGE OF MY WORK AND SAY HOW DID YOU GET FROM BEING... |
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HI, AND GRANTED IN THE LETTERS ARE PERTINENT WAS THERE ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO? |
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THERE WERE SO MANY THAT STOOD OUT. THEY BECOME LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN AND IT'S LIKE I LIKE YOU, NO, I... |
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PROFESSOR, I HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT THE DISCOURSE BETWEEN BENJAMIN BANNEKER AND THOMAS HARRISON JUST... |
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THANK YOU. I HAD TO READ A LOT FOR EVERY LETTER IN ADDITION TO READING THE THOUSANDS OF LETTERS THAT... |
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HELLO, I KNOW YOUR WORK IS EVER A BAWLING AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, KIND OF JUMPING THE GUN A LITTLE... |
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YES ASKING WHAT I'M DOING NEXT? |
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HOW ARE YOU GOING TO REPRESENT THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN HISTORY? |
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I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS ONE TIME I HAVE TO SAY I'M A LITTLE STUMP ON THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS... |
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THANKS AGAIN, AND WAS A PLEASURE TO BE PART OF THIS GREAT EVENT TONIGHT AND I THANK YOU, JOSHUA FOR... |
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I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING YOUR JOURNALISTIC BACKGROUND. AND BLACK IN AMERICA CAME OUT WITH TALKS... |
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WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE PRECISE FIGURE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY STUDIES ON THIS THAT BLACKS ARE ROUTINELY... |
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I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION BUT I DO HAVE A STATEMENT AND OUT LIKE TO MAKE PUBLICLY. |
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DON'T MAKE ME CRY. [LAUGHTER] |
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I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, BAMELA. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] MAKE YOU, -- MAKE YOU CRY, MAKE ME CRY. WHEN I... |
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THANK YOU. |
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ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WON'T MAKE RIGHT? ONE MORE AND WHILE THE MICROPHONE IS GOING TO... |
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THAT WAS A FANTASTIC PLANE, I WAS VERY MOVED BY THE STORIES AND I WANT TO KNOW 100 YEARS FROM NOW... |
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I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO IS TO RESERVE THE LETTERS ARE MANY IN OUR MIDST. SO MANY... |
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PAMELA NEWKIRK IS AN ASSOCIATE JOURNALISM PROFESSOR AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, THE AUTHOR OF WITHIN THE... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
