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Prometheus 6

All respect and no restraint

This is where the next series of YouTube clips will come from

Damn shame I won't be able to post the whole 3 hours... 

In Depth: Nell Irvin Painter

Upcoming Schedule

  • Sunday, January 6, at 12:00 PM
  • Monday, January 7, at 12:00 AM
  • Saturday, January 12, at 9:00 AM
  • Monday, January 14, at 3:00 AM   

About the Program

Nell Irvin Painter is the author of six books, including "Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1618 to the Present" and "Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol."  She was an American history professor at Princeton for sixteen years before retiring in 2005.  From 1997 to 2000, Ms. Painter was head of the university's Program in African American Studies.  Call in during In Depth to talk to Nell Irvin Painter or e-mail your questions for her to booktv@c-span.org.

About the Author

Nell Irvin Painter's works include: "Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction" (1976), "The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: His Life as a Negro Communist in the South" (1979), "Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919" (1987), "Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol" (1996), "Southern History Across the Color Line" (2002), and "Creating Black Americans: African- American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present" (2005). Ms. Painter also edited "The Narrative of Sojourner Truth" (1998) and "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; Written By Herself" by Harriet Jacobs (2000). For more information, visit nellpainter.com.

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