Preacher-Artist Gertrude Morgan, Remixed
Sep 30th, 2005 · Sister Gertrude Morgan -- folk artist, preacher, nurse -- made a distinctive album of gospel music in 1970. Philadelphia DJ King Britt has created a tribute to the New Orleans musician.
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Italy Weighs In on CIA Arrest Warrants
Jun 30th, 2005 · The Italian government comments for the first time about the decision of a Milan judge to issue arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents. They are accused of kidnapping an Egyptian Muslim preacher in an extra-judicial "rendition." The man was apparently taken to Egypt for interrogation, during which he says he was tortured. There has been no comment from the American or Egyptian governments.
Talking Acting with John Lithgow
Mar 28th, 2005 · From uptight preachers to uptight aliens, actor John Lithgow's never shied away from taking on daring roles. NPR's John Ydstie has a conversation with Lithgow -- on Lithgow.
Writer Marilynne Robinson
Mar 25th, 2005 · Robinson's first novel, Housekeeping, won a PEN/Hemingway Award. Now, 23 years later, her second novel, Gilead, has won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The book is written as a letter from a 76-year-old Congregationalist preacher to his 7-year-old son. This interview originally aired Feb. 8, 2005.
'Singing in a Strange Land': Civil Rights Hero C.L. Franklin *
Mar 9th, 2005 · From his pulpit at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, the Rev. C.L. Franklin became one of the most important African-American preachers involved in the civil rights movement. Singing in a Strange Land is a new biography of Franklin.
TV Preacher Turns to Film World ****
Oct 2nd, 2004 · Television preacher T.D. Jakes has released a film called Woman Thou Art Loosed -- the story of a woman who was molested as a young girl. Jakes has enlisted clergy to get their congregants into the movie theaters. Janet Heimlich reports.
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