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Npr: Crafting a Voice for Black Culture Unit PlanNpr: Crafting a Voice for Black Culture Unit Plan
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NPR: National Public Radio
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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1250L
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Npr: Crafting a Voice for Black Culture

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NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor interviews Alice Walker about her connection to Zora Neale Hurston. Walker talks about how Hurston inspired her writing, even though the two writers never met. The site also contains audio of Walker reading her own work and Hurston's.

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alice walker, their eyes were watching god, zora neale hurston

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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