Jacqueline Woodson on the dichotomy of today and MLK Day: ‘Nothing we’re living in is new’ - Incite at Columbia University
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Jacqueline Woodson on the dichotomy of today and MLK Day: ‘Nothing we’re living in is new’
- Led by Columbia Center for Oral History Research
- Published January 20, 2025
- Authors Kay Wicker
- Category Article
- Forum TheGrio
- Link thegrio.com
In an interview with TheGrio, award-winning writer and author Jacqueline Woodson opens up about how artists and creators should show up today and any day after.
Woodson is the founder of the Baldwin-Emerson Elders Project, which celebrates untold and underrepresented stories of activists, storytellers, and community builders who have witnessed and shaped great change in American public life.
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go to The Elders Project
The Elders ProjectCapturing the stories of elders who have shaped America—from Civil Rights activists to tribal leaders to survivors of Stonewall—before they’re lost to history. Funded by Emerson Collective
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