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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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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