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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Pearl Cleage
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Pearl Cleage.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 19 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Author and playwright, Pearl Michelle Cleage was born December 7, 1948, in Springfield, Massachusetts. She began college at Howard and transferred to Spelman College in Atlanta where she earned her B. A. degree in 1971. She began her career as a writer and playwright-in-residence at Spelman. Her works focus on the intersection of sexism and racism, including domestic violence in the black community. She is the author of many novels, plays and essays. Her novel What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (1997) was a 1998 Oprah Book Club selection. Other novels include I Wish I Had a Red Dress and Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do (2003). Her plays include Blues for an Alabama Sky (1999) and We Speak Your Names: A Celebration (2006) co-authored with her husband Zaron W. Burnett. As an essayist, many articles and compositions by Cleage appeared in Essence, Ms., Vibe and similar publications.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Pearl Cleage
Pearl Cleage
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performers
Jodi Merriday, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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