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African-American Voices of the Civil War
April 28, 2004
Charles Fuller writer, 1982 Pulitzer Prize
Donald Yacavone senior associate editor, Massachusetts Historical So
Nina Silber associate professor, history, Boston University

A special evening program featuring Charles Fuller, 1982 Pulitzer Prize in drama winner for A Soldier's Play. Discussions and performances bring the testimonies of slaves, soldiers, reporters and activists from the Civil War to life, in celebration of the publication of Freedom's Journey.

History | Politics & Public Affairs
Activism | Human Rights | African American | Military & Warfare | Race
WGBH
Old South Meeting House
Zainab Salbi: Between Two Worlds
Zainab Salbi
00:56:54
Zainab Salbi reveals the tyrant Saddam Hussein through the eyes of a child, a secretly rebellious teenager, an abused wife, and ultimately a professional woman coming to terms with the horror of her family story. Salbi was 11 when her father was chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein's personal pilot.
Your Mental Health at Work
Rosalynn Carter
01:24:02
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and an expert panel discuss workplace conditions that can greatly affect employees' mental health and on-the-job productivity.
Audio-only
Yaron Brook: Why the Forward Strategy of Freedom Had to Fail
Yaron Brook
01:47:29
As an expert on foreign policy and the Middle East, Yaron Brook is interviewed for his answers to a range of questions related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, the war in Iraq, the Iranian threat and Totalitarian Islam and terrorism.
Writing on the Walls: American Prison Writing
H. Bruce Franklin
01:40:59
PEN New England's Freedom-to-Write (FTW) Committee, and the Cambridge Forum, host Writing on the Walls, a panel discussion about writing in, from, and about American prisons.
Audio-only
Writers on War
Sean Hemingway
01:26:41
Sean Hemingway, who has just edited a collection of his grandfather's writings titled Hemingway on War, shares his insights with Paul Fussell, author of The Great War and Modern Memory, and James Webb, author of the acclaimed Vietnam novel, Fields of Fire.
Writers Among Us: Seth Jacobs
Seth Jacobs
01:06:37
Seth Jacobs argues that a midcentury religious revival in America, as well as policymakers' racist perceptions of Asians, led the United States to support the disastrous, autocratic Diem regime in South Viet Nam.
Image of A Soldier's Play (Dramabook)
Author: Charles Fuller
Publisher: Hill and Wang (1982)
Binding: Paperback, 100 pages
Image of Gender and the Sectional Conflict (The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era)
Author: Nina Silber
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 144 pages
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