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American Masters

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth - Preview

Preview: 02/07/2014 | 30s

Premieres Friday, February 7, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings

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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth - Trailer

Preview: 02/07/2014 | 1m 50s

Alice Walker, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Literature, is a writer and activist.

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Alice Walker Describes Creativity

Clip: 02/07/2014 | 35s

Alice Walker describes the act of creation as bliss.

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Alice Walker Reads from The Color Purple

Clip: 02/07/2014 | 1m 15s

Alice Walker reads from what she calls "the God section" of her novel "The Color Purple."

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Alice Walker Shines Light on Zora Neale Hurston

Clip: 02/07/2014 | 2m 29s

Alice Walker shines light on writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.

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Alice Walker: What's in a Name

Clip: 02/07/2014 | 55s

Alice Walker talks about her great-great-great-great-grandmother's journey.

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Danny Glover on Alice Walker's Activism

Clip: 02/07/2014 | 55s

Actor Danny Glover speaks about Alice Walker's work in the context of activism.

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Gloria Steinem on Alice Walker, Her Friend

Clip: 02/07/2014 | 44s

"It's not possible to separate Alice from her work," says writer Gloria Steinem.

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Going to College on a Segregated Bus

Clip: 02/07/2014 | 1m 26s

Alice Walker recalls the poignant parting from her father as she left for Spelman College.

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Howard Zinn on Alice Walker, His Former Student

Clip: 02/07/2014 | 47s

Howard Zinn compares his former student, Alice Walker, to Zora Neale Hurston.