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An Evening with Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison Works to Separate Race from Slavery
51 min 45 secToni Morrison discusses the theme of separating race from slavery in her book, A Mercy.
During her research, Morrison discovered that "everybody was for rent or for sale" in the early US, not just African Americans.
She includes an indentured white servant, a Native American girl, and a young African American woman among the cast of enslaved characters. -
Toni Morrison Weighs the Risk of Forgetting Slavery
51 min 45 secNobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison responds to the question whether or not African American writers should put the issue of slavery behind them.
Comparing the body of literature to the human mind, Morrison says, "you can't just not remember your own personal individual past." -
Toni Morrison: Election of Barack Obama Was 'Courageous'
51 min 45 secNobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison responds to the cultural implications of electing the first black U.S. president.
While Morrison laughingly wishes Obama would "get out" of her book reviews, she says his election is a "restoration of [American] principles..." -
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