Quote of the Day: Alice Walker

Read more of The Root's coverage of Alice Walker here. Suggested Reading Have You Heard of The Tragic Story of Phyllis Hyman, a Beautiful, Soulful Singer Derailed By Her Own Demons? Waiting To Exhale’s 30 Years Later: Where Are They Now? If Poor Black, White People Unite, They’d Be An Unstoppable Force, But Here’s Why…

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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May 24, 2013

Read more of The Root's coverage of Alice Walker here.

Have You Heard of The Tragic Story of Phyllis Hyman, a Beautiful, Soulful Singer Derailed By Her Own Demons?

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

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Quote of the Day: Alice Walker

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Have You Heard of The Tragic Story of Phyllis Hyman, a Beautiful, Soulful Singer Derailed By Her Own Demons?

Waiting To Exhale’s 30 Years Later: Where Are They Now?

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