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Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She also wrote Meridian and The Third Life of Grange Copeland, among other works.
Walker was born in Putnam County, Georgia, the youngest of eight children, to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. Her father, who was, in her words, "wonderful at math but a terrible farmer," earned only $300 ($4,000 in 2013 dollars) a year from sharecropping and dairy farming. Her mother supplemented the family income by working as a maid. She worked 11 hours a day for $17 per week to help pay for Alice to attend college.
Living under Jim Crow laws, Walker's parents resisted landlords who expected the children of black sharecroppers to work the fields at a young age. A white plantation owner said to her that black people had "no need for education". Minnie Lou Walker, according to her daughter, replied "You might have some black children somewhere, but they don't live in this house. Don't you ever come around here again talking about how my children don't need to learn how to read and write." Her mother enrolled Alice in first grade when the girl was four years old.
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Paul Robeson, noted actor and political activist, relates his personal history and views in this interview with Elsa Knight Thompson, KPFA, and Harold Winkler, then president of Pacifica Foundation. Discussion of his life as the son of a former slave, his life as an expatriate during the 1930s, his involvement in the civil rights movement, views of socialism, and the problems facing the emerging African nations.
On Monday, November 8th, Pacifica Radio Executive Director Arlene Engelhardt sacked the remaining staff of the KPFA Morning Show and ordered the show preempted immediately, and replaced with piped-in content from Los Angeles station KPFK. On November 9th, the staff of the Morning Show took to the airwaves anyhow. Pacifica CFO LaVarn Williams joined Engelhardt on the program, defending their decision to axe KPFA's most popular locally produced program----and the station's single biggest fund raising show. In this clip, outgoing Morning Show producer Esther Manilla confronts Engelhardt.
On 8/20/2008, KPFA-Pacifica management supported by "Concerned Listeners" called the police to remove community programmer Nadra Foster from the station. They told the police she was trespassing on private property and she was beaten and arrested. They were also supported in this action by the Pacifica Exeuctive Director Nicole Sawaya. In fact, Sawaya also sought to physically block a KPFA Hard Knock Radio staff member Weyland Southon from video taping this police action and you can see her in the video seeking to knock the camera so the incident could not be videotaped. Sawaya was supported by pro-management staffer Kris Welch who was standing by the door and Interim Program Director Sasha Lilley who walked by while the police were carrying out their attack and later supported a statemen...
Paul Robeson Speaks! 1958 KPFA Radio Interview. Paul Robeson covers a wide range of subjects, including his views on socialism and the Soviet Union, African liberation, and his personal history being born the son of a man born into slavery. Elsa Knight Thompson and Harold Winkler of Pacifica Radio are the interviewers. February 8, 1958.
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The Crisis in Pacifica and KPFA "What Is Going On At Pacifica" was the title of a forum and speak out held on April 27, 2014 in Berkeley, California. Pacifica radio is the most important alternative radio network in the United States and provides the most labor programming of any broadcast system in the country. In most cases it is the only alternative broadcast voice nationally on the air. This presentations and discussion also looked at the ongoing occupation that has been been taking place Pacifica Foundation offices for weeks after the firing of Executive Director Summer Reese. Speakers also addressed the financial crisis, transparency and accountability how they should be addressed. It was sponsored by Labor Video Project, BFUU Social Justice Committee,Media Freedom Foundation a...
Alice Walker received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple. Introduced by Aya de Leon. Founded in 1949 by Lewis Hill, a pacifist, poet, and journalist, KPFA was the first community supported radio station in the USA. KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California. Our signal reaches one third of the state, utilizing 59,000 watts.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker explains her preoccupation with the practice of female genital mutilation, which is the subject of her last novel, "Possessing the Secret of Joy," and her new documentary, "Warrior Marks." See more on the Authors Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIZqvqbtz9I30kDK7RrKXxtLK9WxA33-T
Acclaimed author Alice Walker on her book, 'The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficult. See more on the Authors Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIZqvqbtz9I30kDK7RrKXxtLK9WxA33-T'
A Conversation with Alice Walker, Oct. 15, 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker is interviewed by Professor Valerie Boyd in the historic Morton Theatre in downtown Athens, Georgia. Walker visited Athens and UGA as the Delta Chair for Global Understanding, a program administered by the UGA Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker sat down with Book TV to talk about the lasting impact of her novel, "The Color Purple," which was published in June 1982. Ms. Walker was interviewed at George Mason University, where she was appearing as part of the Fall for the Book festival. If you would like to watch this program in its entirety, go to BookTV.org.
Patricia Gras speaks with Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple.
Part 1 (with introduction by Alice Walker): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sBEfixrCL8 Part 2 (conversation with David Barsamian): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw3Lwj6imxo Presentation at Mission High School in San Francisco, CA on March 27, 2010. Video production by Deep Dish TV in partnership with Harmarket Books. Alternative Radio provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media. Visit our website for hundreds of audio programs at http://www.alternativeradio.org.
Alice Walker discusses the birth of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Steven Spielberg's big-screen version, and her thoughts on the musical adaptation.
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Riz Khan talks to the American author, poet and activist about her life and work. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless.' Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries across the globe, our viewers trust Al Jazeera English to keep them informed, inspired, and entertained. Our impartial, fact-based reporting wins worldwide praise and respect. It is our unique brand of journalism that the world has come to rely on. We are reshaping global media and constantly working to strengthen our reputation as one of the world's most respected news and current affai...
Clip of an interview with Alice Walker on the origins of her short story "Everyday Use."
DemocracyNow.org - On the 30th anniversary of the publication of "The Color Purple," we speak with author, poet and activist Alice Walker about her groundbreaking novel and its enduring legacy. Set mainly in rural Georgia in the 1930s, the book tells the story of a young, poor African-American woman named Celie and her struggle for empowerment in a world marked by sexism, racism, and patriarchy. The novel earned Walker a Pulitzer Price in 1983, making her the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer for fiction. Walker explains the origin of the book's title and explores some of its central characters and their connection to her own family history. To watch the entire weekday independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, search our vast archive, or to find more...
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