October 14, 2016

Jacqueline Woodson On Growing Up, Coming Out And Saying Hi To Strangers

Woodson won the National Book Award for young people's literature in 2014 for her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, and is a finalist for another NBA this year. Originally broadcast Dec. 20, 2014.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 14, 2016: Interview with Jacqueline Woodson; Interview with Jack Greenberg (obit); Review of documentary Tower

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October 14, 2016

11:36

Remembering Noted Civil Rights Attorney Jack Greenberg

Greenberg, who died Wednesday, was the last surviving attorney to argue the cases that led to the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation decision. Originally broadcast in 1994 and 2004.

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October 14, 2016

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Documentary Offers A Wrenching Look At America's First Modern Gun Massacre

Tower is an animated documentary that tells the story of a massacre that happened 50 years ago and was a historic first: A man with no record of violence shot at people at random for no logical reason. It was Aug. 1, 1966, in the middle of a 100-degree day at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Remembering Noted Civil Rights Attorney Jack Greenberg

Documentary Offers A Wrenching Look At America's First Modern Gun Massacre

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