Podcast appearances and mentions of Deborah G Plant

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson talk about their award-winning new film Babygirl, where she plays a married mum and high powered tech CEO who begins an affair with a young intern at her company after he realises she has sexual desires that she's not been able to embrace before.Novelist Tayari Jones and literary scholar Dr Deborah G. Plant discuss The Life of Herod the Great by Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston. Published for the first time, the manuscript was saved from being burnt after Hurston's death and challenges the idea of Herod as a murderous tryant.Brian Eno, musician, song writer, record producer and visual artist has two new projects – he's written a book about what art does, and endorsed and taken part in a film about his life and work. He joins Samira.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Corinna Jones

A conversation with independent scholar and writer Deborah G. Plant on her book Of Greed and Glory. The post Behind The Lens episode 249: ‘An America of enslavement' appeared first on The Lens.

What does it do to you when someone you love is ripped from the family, charged with a crime, wrongfully incarcerated, and – after nearly 25 years, continues to serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the infamous Angola prison – a national disgrace – despite evidence of his innocence, and still protesting his innocence? Deborah G. Plant, author of the book OF GREED AND GLORY: IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM FOR ALL is my guest today. Informed by her own personal experience . . . armed with her skills as a scholar, author, and literary critic with a masters and doctorate in English . . . YES, this story could happen to anyone, and has too often happened to too many African-American Everymans and Everywomans Deborah Plant takes moments that can bring you to your knees and gives us a book to bring us to our senses; to a knowledge of what is being done to thousands of people in our name as American citizens. We close this episode with a profile of Angola Prison, the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary located on the site of 8,000-acre Angola Plantation—so named for the homeland of people enslaved there. Clint Smith travelled to the prison to research his #1 New York Times bestseller, "HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America." He spoke about Angola during his visit to the show in 2021.

Historian Deborah Plant takes us on a personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage.

Episode two hundred eighty four - part two Jenn talked to Dr. Deborah G. Plant about her new book OF GREED AND GLORY: IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM FOR ALL, a ground-breaking, personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage. They talk about the 13th Amendment, the American prison system, and the intergenerational struggle for abolition.

OF GREED & GLORY: IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM FOR ALL is an an argument against the systemic abuse of justice as a weapon of oppression, by Deborah G. Plant, drawing on parallels between her brother's incarceration and years of thorough research dating all the way back to the creation of our US Constitution. DEBORAH G. PLANT is an African American and Africana Studies Independent Scholar, Writer, and Literary Critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She is editor of the New York Times bestseller Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston and the author of Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times, a philosophical biography.

Deborah G. Plant is author of the book Of Greed & Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom For All, addressing the direct linkage of slavery, the 13th Amendment, mass incarceration, and the ways in which exclusive wealth and power undermines freedom for all of us.

You know when you have a conversation that provides you with a framework of a problem – one you may not have even known existed – and it opens your eyes in a whole new way? Yeah, today is one of those conversations.   Because it helps look at questions like this: Do we really know what freedom is? How about liberty? And if we don't know what those concepts mean, how do we know if we've lost them? And what role does the carceral system have in all of this?   This might seem like a lot, but in a year in which we're questioning everything - democracy and America, to name a few - if we don't know what those concepts mean, how can we imagine a world full of them?   That's one of the questions that today's guest asks - and answers - through her new book, Of Greed and Glory, which takes a look at her brother's incarceration in Angola and uses that as a jumping-off point to ask some larger questions that, in all honesty, we need to be asking ourselves if we really want to be engaged in this fight.    After you listen to this episode, please tell several friends about it, and look to support people doing this work in your community. As always, we'd love to hear what resonates with you - please do reach out and let us know.   What to listen for: How incarcerating an individual is actually incarcerating a family Does America even want to be a democracy anymore? The master-slave dynamic – including how that shows up in patriarchy, and yes, why we believe women understand the significance of this conversation.  Hello, Dear White Women podcast… How American enterprises are built on the same model as the slave plantation slate.  Corporate America, we're looking at you. What we can do to start changing the system About the author: DEBORAH G. PLANT is an African American and Africana Studies Independent Scholar, Writer, and Literary Critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She is the editor of the New York Times bestseller Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston and the author of Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times, a philosophical biography. She is also the editor of The Inside Light: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston, and the author of Zora Neale Hurston: A Biography of the Spirit and Every Tub Must Sit On Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston. She holds MA and Ph. D. degrees in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and traveled to Benin as a Fulbright-Hays fellow. Plant played an instrumental role in founding the University of South Florida's Department of Africana Studies, where she chaired the department for five years. She presently resides in Florida.

Author: Deborah G. Plant Book: OF GREED AND GLORY: In Pursuit of Freedom for All Publishing: ‎ Amistad (January 9, 2024)debo Synopsis (from the Publisher): A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times–bestselling Barracoon. Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But […] The post DEBORAH G. PLANT – OF GREED AND GLORY: In Pursuit of Freedom for All appeared first on KSCJ 1360.

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Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston tells the tragic story of the last survivor of the slave trade transported from Africa to America. This important book offers insight into the pernicious legacy of slavery in the U.S. and an invaluable contribution to the history and culture of this country. The book wasn't published for decades until scholar and writer Deborah G. Plant edited Zora Neale Hurston's work. Deborah G. Plant is an African American literature and Africana Studies scholar and literary critic whose special interest is the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. Donate to KPFA today!! To Pledge Online Click Here  Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo Edited by Deborah Plant $100 Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics $100 Anatomy of Fascism $100 COMBO: All three books $250 Letters and Politics: The Tyranny Pack MP3 CD  $100 The post Fund Drive Special – Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” appeared first on KPFA.

Support KPFA, Donate Today!!! BOOK Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston Edited by Deborah G. Plant $150 Best of Letters and Politics 2018 Book Collection includes: Tyrant by Stephen Greenblatt, How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley, The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey, Barracoon by Zora Neal Hurston, and A Radical History of the World by Neil Faulkner $500 MP3 CD Best of Letters & Politics 2018 Pack $100 Best of Letters and Politics 2018 Book Collection + Best of Letters & Politics MP3 CD $550     The post Fund Drive Special – Best of Letters and Politics 2018 Book Collection and Interviews appeared first on KPFA.

Letters and Politics is offering the 5 best books we have reviewed in 2018 Pack for $500. Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics by Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University professor, and a world-renowned Shakespeare scholar. Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the catastrophic consequences of its execution. In his book, Greenblatt delivers his own critique of the current occupant of the White House, amazingly, he doesn't even have to mention his name. We all know it! The parallels seem obvious. How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley, is Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey.  Barracon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah G. Plant, Alice Walker (Foreword). A Radical History of the World by Neil Faulkner. MP3 CD Best of Letters & Politics 2018 Pack $100 Letters & Politics Mondo Pack (Includes all L+P Packs) USB$200 Best of Letters and Politics 2018 Book Collection + USB$650 The post Fun Drive Special – Top 2018 Book Collection appeared first on KPFA.

The Context of White Supremacy hosts our second study session on Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon. Born in 1891, Hurston was a writer and anthropologist who's cited as a legendary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance. She worked with anthropologists Franz Boaz and Margaret Mead, won a Guggenheim Fellowship,  and authored an impressive array of material, including her most popular title, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Although she died in 1960, she continues to contribute new works. Earlier this year, Hurston's Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo," was finally released to the public. The book chronicles her 1927 interviews of Cudjo Lewis (Kossola), reported to be the last living survivor of the Middle Passage. Hurston uses the unique vernacular of Mr. Lewis to authentically share his voice and experiences of being stolen and terrorized. The first portion of the text features two introductions and a forward from Alice Walker. A great deal of time is invested emphasizing that Africans were not just victims of slavery. Walker's 2018 commentary and editor Deborah G. Plant's introduction both stress that African kings quarreled with other Africans and sold them off to Whites. The introductions also detail the importance Hurston attached to the unique dialog of Kossola. Her writing the book using Kossola's way of speaking was a major reason this book was not published for over six decades. #RacismIsTerrorism INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943#

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Automotive Executive Gary Barbera and PA State Representative Jared Solomon who have teamed up to raise awareness about the dangers of texting and driving - especially along the hazardous Roosevelt Boulevard. Solomon is also co-sponsoring legislation to address the issue of distracted driving.https://www.garybarberacares.org/our-charities/http://www.pahouse.com/Solomon/Loraine speaks with Leslie Hickman, Chief Officer of Revenue Operations for SEPTA about the latest deadlines related to the transit authority transitioning to the SEPTA Key Card system.https://www.septakey.org/ecustomer_ENU/start.sweLoraine talks with Deborah G. Plant, editor of Zora Neale Hurston's new book Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo" the true story of Cudjo "Kossola" Lewis, an Alabama man believed to be the last living person captured in Africa and brought to America on a slave ship.WHYY AND THE LITERARY CAFE CELEBRATEThe Great American Read with Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” written by Zora Neale Hurston edited by Deborah G. Plant takes place: Tuesday, July 31, 20186:00-8:00PM (Doors open at 5:30PM)150 North 6th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Automotive Executive Gary Barbera and PA State Representative Jared Solomon who have teamed up to raise awareness about the dangers of texting and driving - especially along the hazardous Roosevelt Boulevard. Solomon is also co-sponsoring legislation to address the issue of distracted driving.https://www.garybarberacares.org/our-charities/http://www.pahouse.com/Solomon/Loraine speaks with Leslie Hickman, Chief Officer of Revenue Operations for SEPTA about the latest deadlines related to the transit authority transitioning to the SEPTA Key Card system.https://www.septakey.org/ecustomer_ENU/start.sweLoraine talks with Deborah G. Plant, editor of Zora Neale Hurston's new book Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo" the true story of Cudjo "Kossola" Lewis, an Alabama man believed to be the last living person captured in Africa and brought to America on a slave ship.WHYY AND THE LITERARY CAFE CELEBRATEThe Great American Read with Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” written by Zora Neale Hurston edited by Deborah G. Plant takes place: Tuesday, July 31, 20186:00-8:00PM (Doors open at 5:30PM)150 North 6th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Deborah G. Plant, editor of Zora Neale Hurston's new book Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo" the true story of Cudjo "Kossola" Lewis, an Alabama man believed to be the last living person captured in Africa and brought to America on a slave ship.WHYY AND THE LITERARY CAFE CELEBRATEThe Great American Read with Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” written by Zora Neale Hurston edited by Deborah G. Plant takes place: Tuesday, July 31, 20186:00-8:00PM (Doors open at 5:30PM)150 North 6th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

Deborah G. Plant is an African American literature & Africana Studies scholar and literary critic whose special interest is the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She talks about the 2018 New York Times bestseller "Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo", a book recently published and written by Zora Neale Hurston more than 87 years ago.

Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” is one of Zora Neale Hurston’s most important works of non-fiction that has never been published until today. Hurston recorded the story in Alabama in the late 1920s. It's a collection of interviews with a man named Kossola, also known as Cudjo Lewis, one of the last known living survivors of the Atlantic slave trade. To discuss the book's history and Hurston's legacy, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture welcomed Dr. Cheryl Sterling, Director of the Black Studies Program at City College of New York, to moderate a conversation featring: Hurston scholar and editor of Barracoon, Deborah G. Plant; founder of book club Well-Read Black Girl, Glory Edim; and Dr. Sylviane Diouf, an award-winning author and historian of the African Diaspora.