Remarkable People: Making a Difference in the Northwest; Charles Johnson
Description:
This record is part of the Literature section of the Soul of Black Identity special collection. Charles Johnson – University of Washington professor and African-American scholar. The author of novels, short stories, screenplays and teleplays, and essays that often addressed the issues of black life in America. His novel Middle Passage won the National Book Award for Fiction. Johnson started his career as a cartoonist. He has been a practicing martial artist which has been very important to his creative life. Program was part of a series of half-hour profiles. Portrait of National Book Award winner Charles Johnson distributed by PBS Adult Learning Service and PBS Video, 1996.
