Exhibit Case Twenty-One
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The Voice of John A. Williams
"Alex Haley Was Adopted"
"Racism is what we battle with the pen."
John A. Williams,
National Black Writers Conference in New York.
23 March 1996.
"I have been to Africa and know it is not my home. America is; it is my country too, and has been for generations. I am committed to the search for its true meaning; I hope what I have found is not it. I am forced to hope for it and I have no choice but to meet the challenge of it."
This Is My Country Too. New York: New American Library (1965).
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An interview with Williams about CAPTAIN BLACKMAN:
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN. New York: Bantam Books (1974). First paperback edition.
An interview with Williams about CAPTAIN BLACKMAN, introduction by Dick Stroud
An interview with Williams about CAPTAIN BLACKMAN: Williams discusses race and World War II.
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John A. Williams reads a selection from CLIFFORD'S BLUES:
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Alicante, Spain. 10 May 1969.
The sun was shining, the wine was flowing, the traffic roared by and John and Chester rapped on about Paris, Richard Wright, and the CIA.
Chester Himes. Alicante, Spain. June 1969.
John A. Williams interviews Chester Himes.
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