Film, Video Race in America: Colson Whitehead
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- Race in America: Colson Whitehead
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- Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talks to two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and National Book Festival veteran (2009, 2012, 2016 and this year) Colson Whitehead about the need for stories from our past to help us contend with the present, especially at moments of great change.
- Event Date
- July 16, 2020
- Running Time
- 26 minutes 49 seconds
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