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Title Interview with Alice Walker
Library Henry Hampton Collection, Film & Media Archive, Washington University Libraries
Collection Name Henry Hampton Collection
Collection Overview These oral history interviews are part of the 'I'll Make Me A World: African-American Artists in the 20th Century' collection, a celebration of some extraordinary achievements by African-American writers, dancers, painters, actors, musicians, and other influential artists of the 20th Century.
Date 19 Dec 1997
Description Alice Walker is an American author and activist. In this interview Walker reflects on African-American authors who inspired her to write and talks about her critically acclaimed novel 'The Color Purple' (1982).
Document Type Oral History (Video)
Theme(s) Arts and Culture
Keywords arts, womanhood, Harlem Renaissance
Places New York, New York; Mississippi
People Hurston, Zora Neale
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis.
Name Walker, Alice
Interviewer Greene, Denise
Date of Recording 19 Dec 1997
Duration 01:18:12
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