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Pacifica Radio Archives’ “From the Vault”
Each week the Pacifica Radio Archives chooses a program "From the Vault" of broadcasts in a half-hour program.
First, we join WBAI host Wesley Brown in-studio to interview Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison shortly after the 1981 release of her novel Tar Baby, which explores issues of African American self-acceptance and reconciliation.
Then we check out a surprise studio performance by legendary Pacifica programmer Julius Lester – previously best-known for his insightful late 1960’s interviews of Muhammad Ali, June Jordan, and Vincent Harding among others – but perhaps also to be known in the future for this striking rendition of the folk classic Stagger Lee.
Finally, we settle down to an interview with writer Walter Mosley following the 1997 release of Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, which introduces the character Socrates Forthlow – who encourages young readers to think about the consequences of their decisions.
