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Playwright Lanford Wilson Makes His Way to Broadway

Wilson won the Pulitzer Prize for his play, "Talley's Folly." His most recent play, "Redwood Curtain," is the story of an Amerasian girl in the Pacific Northwest, looking for her father, a Vietnam Vet.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 22, 1993: Interview with Bob Moses; Interview with Lanford Wilson; Commentary on the year 2000.
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Educator and Civil Rights Leader Bob Moses

Moses was a leader in the Civil Rights struggle, helping to register black voters in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964. He's still a civil rights activist, though his weapon now is math. He's the director and creator of the innovative Algebra Project which opens up educational opportunities for young African-Americans. Moses established the project in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1982. Since then it's been implimented across the country, and has reached 9,000 inner city youths.

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Playwright Lanford Wilson.

Playwright Lanford Wilson. Wilson won the Pulitzer Prize for his play, "Talley's Folly." His new play is "Redwood Curtain," the story of a Amerasian girl in the Pacific Northwest, looking for her father, a Vietnam Vet.

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Playwright and Actor Sarah Jones

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