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Restoring hope in Black America : a dialogue between Cornel West and Maya Angelou
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Restoring hope in Black America : a dialogue between Cornel West and Maya Angelou

Author: Maya AngelousCornel WestKelvin Shawn SealeyJames Briggs MurrayAnthony ThompsonAll authors
Publisher: New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture : Schomburg Media Productions, ©1996.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : VHS tape : English
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West seeks ideas for inspiring and reinvigorating black America. He begins the dialogue by asking, "How do we talk about hope with all the suffering and the pain in the world today? What are the sources of hope?" Maya Angelou makes the point that "one other word for hope is love." One of the recurring themes of this dialogues is that even though black poverty is an American problem, blacks have risen up from hard  Read more...
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Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Maya Angelous; Cornel West; Kelvin Shawn Sealey; James Briggs Murray; Anthony Thompson; Ronald Gray; Steve Nitzberg; Obsidian Society.; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.; Schomburg Media Productions.
OCLC Number: 79469531
Notes: A dialogue between Maya Angelou and Cornel West on the topic, restoring hope in Black America, moderated by Kelvin Shawn Sealey. The purpose of the dialogue was to serve as a foundation for book project, "Restoring Hope," of the Obsidian Society, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving conditions for black Americans.
Credits: Production Stage Manager, Technical Director & Lighting, James Briggs Murray; Sound, Anthony Thompson; Videographers, Ronald Gray, Steve Nitzberg.
Description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Responsibility: moderated by Kelvin Shawn Sealey.

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West seeks ideas for inspiring and reinvigorating black America. He begins the dialogue by asking, "How do we talk about hope with all the suffering and the pain in the world today? What are the sources of hope?" Maya Angelou makes the point that "one other word for hope is love." One of the recurring themes of this dialogues is that even though black poverty is an American problem, blacks have risen up from hard times in the past and will continue to be a major part of this country.

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