MB Civic

another great speech from Moyers given on October 29, 2010 as part of the Howard Zinn Lecture Series at Boston University..

I have in my desk at home a copy of the commencement address Howard gave at Spelman College in 2005. He was chairman of the history department there when he was fired in 1963 over his involvement in civil rights. He had not been back for 43 years, and he seemed delighted to return for commencement. He spoke poignantly of his friendship with one of his former students, Alice Walker .. Howard delighted in quoting one of her first published poems that had touched his own life: It is true // I’ve always loved // the daring ones // like the black young man // who tried to crash // all barriers // at once, // wanted to swim // at a white/beach (in Alabama) // Nude.

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