TITLE: Kadir Nelson: 2011 National Book Festival
SPEAKER: Kadir Nelson
EVENT DATE: 09/25/2011
FORMAT: Video + Captions
RUNNING TIME: 43 minutes
TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window)
DESCRIPTION:
Kadir Nelson appears at the 2011 National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: Writer and illustrator Kadir Nelson, who began drawing at age 3 and painting at age 10, says, "I have always been an artist. It's part of my DNA." He began collaborating with writers in 1999, including choreographer Debbie Allen ("Dancing in the Wings") and Ntozake Shange ("Ellington Was Not a Street"). Nelson debuted as an author with "We Are the Ship." His current work is "Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans" (HarperCollins).
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