Pleased to have with us Toni Morrison for indepth conversation about her lifes work. Toni morrison, as he began, ive seen several citations that you told people that its easiest best most apt to describe you as a black woman novelist. Is that correct . Absolutely. What are we the public to take away from your choice of those three words . I think it was an attempt on my part to choose to be given the status of honorary white male writer. Generally speaking, womens work has been reduced to regional or merely or people complement ethnic writers by saying or implying that they are as good as mainstream writers and whereas i understand the complement, i thought it would be better for me to, at least in the late 60s early 70s to establish once and for all that all three of those things play, and black, i am a woman, and im a writer and they go together. Youve also always been a teacher. Yes. Why is that important to who you are and what you do . Edit quite know what else to do when i gradua
Welcome to booktv and in depth. This is our Monthly Program with one author talking about his or her book and we are pleased this month to be joined by wes moore, the author of three books, plus a Childrens Book and novels. His first book came out in 2010 the other wes moore, and the other in 2015 and his most recent book is about baltimore during the arrest and death of freddie gray that just came out. In your book you write that the military saved your life. What do you mean by that . Guest the military plays an incredibly Important Role in my life where some of the most important times inn my life are where i was wearing the uniform in this country. I was first introduced when i was aboutys 13yearsold. I was sent to a military school and i had gotten into some issues and challenges. My mom threatened to send me away to p military school, and every year i kept blowing it off. The first time i felt handcuffs on myrs wrist is that 11yearsold. My mother noticed i was intentionally hurti
This episode with all that civil war raging in the United States what now for the Global Movement for justice and equality sparked by the Police Murder of george floyd we ask one of the most important activists of all time former black Panther Angela davis about organizing in the face of ahmed vehicles and tear gas hand anything has changed since she was one of the f. B. I. s most wanted plus when the options of the 2020 president ial ballot box are you man using military style force against protesters for a man who was instrumental in policies that resulted in the u. S. Having the highest prison population in the world is it time for a new Political Party only a small coming up in todays going on the ground but 1st as protests continue today around the world in the wake of the murder of george floyd many are now asking how the Political Movement it catalyzed conformant true change and perhaps even revolution one woman who knows exactly how hard the struggle against systematic oppressi
Opportunity. You may or may not know that tulsa is one of six chapters throughout the country to host a pen america chapter, we have pen america tulsa, im really proud to say im the leader of that group and its been a relationship that just gets better and better. We had the opportunity to do several events with pen, probably even prior to our affiliation as an actual chapter. It really started laying the groundwork for this relationship moving forward. Its something that if you dont know the work that penn does, its a very inextricably linked to what we are talking about tonight in many ways. Pen is an organization that advocates for authors, for freedom of the press, for all kinds of important things that are tied to the mission we have through magic city books and the tulsa literary coalition. If you dont know their work i would invite you to go to pen. Org and see every thing they are doing. There is so much going on with limitations to press freedoms, every day something is happen
150 years fuelling criticism approach. Hello and welcome to our chief International Live from moscow my names union only 30 minutes of news and views started. Russian opposition figure head. Has been admitted to hospital for medical treatment he was airlifted earlier today from the siberian city of hes been in a coma since falling ill during a flight to moscow on thursday our europe correspondent peter all of the latest from the german capital. Alexina volley arrived here at charlotte say in a Emergency Vehicle a intensive Care Transport vehicle that was flanked by Police Motorcycles as well as other Police Vehicles weve had a statement from the shot its a hospital asking for patients saying that they are going to be carrying out extensive diagnostic tests on him to try and determine what was the cause of the coma that he is being in it comes after a lot of wrangling between russian doctors in the city of almost the novelli family he was transported here to germany on a medical plane t