Toni Morrison: Angela Davis, Nikki Giovanni & Sonia Sanchez Pay Tribute
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Toni Morrison, one of the nation’s most influential writers, died this week at the age of 88 from complications of pneumonia. In 1993, Morrison became the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. She also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her classic work “Beloved.” Much of Morrison’s writing focused on the Black female experience in America, and her writing style honored the rhythms of Black oral tradition. Her work was deeply concerned with race and history, especially the sin of transatlantic slavery and the potentially restorative power of community. In 2012, President Obama awarded Morrison the Presidential Medal of Freedom. We speak with three legendary writers and close friends of Toni Morrison: Angela Davis, author and activist; Nikki Giovanni, poet, activist and educator; and Sonia Sanchez, award-winning poet.
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As an English major who studies the Black Arts movement, I can't handle the power of this panel. Sanchez, Davis, and Giovanni are all amazing. Thanks for bringing these writers together, Democracy Now.
Amy this is the most incredible tributes to honor one of the most remarkable literary minds talents of our time. My rights of passage was reading her works. I pay homage to my sistah Queen Toni Morrison. Honor to Sistahs Nikki Giovanni, Angela Davis and precious sistah Sonia Sanchez. Respect Queen Toni Morrison.
We need her words now more than ever. Thank you for this segment.
This was by far one of the best commemoration with three genius Black women writers and critcal thinkers. Love Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, and Angela Davis.I immensely enjoyed their thoughts on remembering Ms. Toni Morrison. Phenomenal!
I love the way Ms .Sanchez describes "The Bluest Eye" as a first of twins testing the waters so to speak for the language and stories Ms. Morrison wanted to tell. Brilliant analogy.
Thank you so much for interviewing so many of my favorite women on this planet. I will miss Toni Morrison as much as I miss my sister.
As a Toni Morrison avid reader of her genius novels, she was a prolific phenomenal writer who distinctly knew how to employ language with plots, twist, turns, and familiar Black characters that celebrated the Black folklore evoking one to critical think about humanity. Her lamguage to Black people in America was succulent, opulent, wise, witty, sassy, honest, sad, celebratory, romantic, traumatic, humorous. Love Toni Morrison saged down to earth mother wit speaking voice. She was unapologetically Black, and taught Blacks in America to just be content with who God made you to be. My favorite novels were: " Beloved", " God Help The Child", " Tar Baby", " Love" and " Song Of Solomon." As a lad in Drexel University Upward Bound Program, I was introduced to Toni Morrison by a Black professor through " Tar Baby." In all honesty, I initially detested her novel because I could not comprehend what she was asserting. At that epoch as a young teenager, I ascertained her novel to be complex, difficult, and eccentric. But- isn't amazing as a evolved as a reader, Toni Morrison became my favorite Black female writer. Reading her novels were like a layered velvet cake grandmere made on Saturday for Sunday' s dinner. It was so good one had to research what ingredients were used to make the dawn cake so good. Rip Ms. Toni Morrison. Sad that you had to leavr us, but your beautiful words, books, essays, interviews, and notions will be with us eternally. Thanks for your writing and splendid spirit. You rock Sista!
I'm feeling teary as I listen to this segment...I'm sad and so thankful! I was introduced to Toni Morrison in college; as an English major, I created an independent class for myself (with the assistance of an amazing college English professor) on Black women writers and the Womanist movement. I selected a couple books of Toni Morrison's (along with books that included writings from Angela Davis, Nikki Giovanni, and Sonia Sanchez) to study and they all changed how I see myself and how I show up in the world. I read more of Morrison's books after graduation and was blown away by the power of her words and by her knowing of my experiences and feelings. I could see myself and my struggles in her books.
I am so grateful for the opportunity to hear these wonderful, powerful writers/scholars that I admire share the magic that Toni Morrison was and will continue to be. Thank you, Amy Goodman, for this tribute and for asking Davis, Giovanni, and Sanchez to share their stories of what a powerful contributor Toni Morrison was in giving blacks and black women (specifically) a voice in a literary, social, and a historical sense.
Now I know Ms. Sanchez is the friend on the other end of the telephone who Ms. Morrison thinks is drunk when she calls to tell her she won the Nobel prize for literature. The funniest anecdote from "The Pieces I AM."
Lois M yup!
My heart hurts because she’s no longer with us. Rest in God’s arms you Lioness!
Upon hearing about Ms. Morrison's passing I immediately thought of what Ms. Sanchez said at the end of the documentary "The Pieces I Am." I'm paraphrasing, "She taught us to walk upright in this world." I cried along with Ms. Sanchez because it was so true. Ms. Morrison is my Shakespeare. I can't say this any more plainly.
Shakespeare was black, according to some English historians.
@@jamaicanyoungpolice1555 She is my Shakespeare. That's it and that's all.
@@jamaicanyoungpolice1555 Historians also speculation that all of the work attributed to Shakespeare was written by a woman. So....
Great to see that Toni Morrison was honored by Barack Obama in her life and after with his beautiful words. May her soul Rest In Love.
Garfield Harrison Obama is not all that !!! Think about the innocent babies killed by his drone attack
You're so right, Sister Giovanni, Edwidge Danticat IS a brilliant author. Her style is absolutely captivating & riveting.
Thank you & RESPECT to all of you for sharing your insights, personal experiences and memories of Sister Toni Morrison and her works.
May she rest in peace and may her literary work continue on touching lives, teaching, & inspiring others for endless generations.
I'm profoundly sad to hear about the death of the Genius, Toni Morrison -:( And at the same time I Feel Blessed & Awed that I've been fortunate to Read and Learn from her Gift of Storytelling! Thank You, Toni, for sharing your brilliance with the World!! Your Empowering words will continue to resonate through time changing and enhancing Lives and for that, I'm truly Grateful!!
her Nobel Prize speech is amazing
Thank you, Amy.
Rest in power toni
This was a thoughtful tribute to Toni Morrison by women I admire. I realize you have time constraints but I would have loved it even more if Sonia Sanchez was allowed to finish her thoughts towards the end. Thank you.
I agree with your specific sentiment but only want to point out it’s not from arbitrary rule following; it’s due to the fact that DN is so widely syndicated that it would’ve cut out in the middle of her sentence for any of the stations that have an automatic cut to the news or weather, eg, or a cut transition for any reason.
I agree! Love me some Sista Elder Sonia Sanchez. She suave, immensely cognizant, and love how she uses language.
@@louislark4506 😊
Ms. Giovanni loved her friend. Respect.
26:03 profound words
RIP Flying African
Incredible interviews of giants. ML
Rest In Peace Sister
It's not about you living longer. It's about how you live and why. It's about whether your children can make other children. It's about trying to make a world where one day white people will think before they lynch. An excerpt from Toni Morrison Novel "Song of Solomon"
This video has inspired some of the most intelligent and expressive comments I have seen on You Tube.
Powerful language!!!
Amy! the edit at the end is terrible, cutting off Sonia Sanchez mid sentence, I hope you can fix this. Otherwise very inspiring beautiful post thank you!
Thank You God for Amy Goodman!
Did Tony read her a new understanding...
Could Democracy Now please review the manner in which they use available time in interviews. Too many "items" are abruptly brought to a finish in a hasty and disrespectful fashion. This tribute being a prime example.
Donald Trump probably doesn’t even know who she is or cares !
he wants her Nobel though.....his Oval Office comments to a Peace Prize winner/activist showed that
@@eileenmc4746 old biddy full of venom,
Shouldn't have even tainted this comment section with his name.
@@lifestraight Right
9:00
4:32
26:10 She shut that white woman down so well
I wonder if she had the Corona virus.
The lady nobody ever heard of.... All over the news
If you haven't heard of her(which I doubt), it says more about your ignorance and less about her impact.
She is a presidential medal of freedom recipient and a nobel laureate! You never heard of her, because you are the nobody you're talking about and you don't read unless of course it's some old nazi manifesto! Get back in your trailer!
@@jamberry8026 is this the black lady that did math at NASA
@@dmoriarty1976 The Black mathematicians at NASA were hidden from the public.