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0000017b-01f0-d19f-ab7b-19f504b80000A community conversation on civil rights and human rightsMSU's Project 60/50 is a yearlong community conversation on civil and human rights. The "60" represents 60 years since the Brown v. Board of Education ruling and the "50" represents 50 years since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, making major forms of discrimination unlawful.To commemorate these important landmark events, support MSU's Project 60/50 and celebrate Black History Month, WKAR has several special program offerings in February 2014.For more about the MSU project, visitinclusion.msu.edu/Project6050

American Masters: Alice Walker, Beauty in Truth on WKAR-TV

Alice Walker in garden wearing sun hat

 Fri., Feb. 7, 10 pm | The writer/activist's dramatic life is told with poetry and lyricism.

Most famous for her seminal novel, The Color Purple, writer/activist Alice Walker celebrates her 70th birthday. The first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Walker continues to shine a light on global human rights issues. Her dramatic life is told with poetry and lyricism, and includes interviews with Steven Spielberg, Danny Glover, Quincy Jones, Howard Zinn, Gloria Steinem, Sapphire and Walker herself.

Presented by WKAR as part of MSU Project 60/50

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