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Dr. Bernard Koloski, professor emeritus at Mansfield University, is one of the pre-eminent scholars of 19^th century writer Kate Chopin.  Dr. Koloski discusses Chopin’s  life and works and his role in rescuing her from obscurity.  Today, she is  recognized as one of America’s great authors.  Dr. Koloski is the author/editor of five Chopin books, including the most recent,  Awakenings: The Story of the Kate Chopin Revival.

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Bernard Koloski has been writing about Kate Chopin for over thirty years. A professor emeritus of English at Mansfield University, he is the author of Kate Chopin: A Study of the Short Fiction and has published editions of Chopin’s At Fault, Bayou Folk, and A Night in Acadie. Dr. Bernard Koloski continues his discussion on Chopin and her relevance in 21st Century American life and literature.

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Harriet Jacobs grew up as a slave, enduring sexual sexual abuse from her owner until she escaped by hiding seven years in a crawl space.  After she fled North, Ms. Jacobs wrote her autobiography and became a driving force in civil and human rights.  In Part 1 of Harriet Jacobs, 19th Century Civil Rights Pioneer, Dennis Miller talks with Dr. Lynn Pifer,  Mansfield University professor of English and director of the Frederick Douglass Institute.   Dr. Pifer discusses Ms. Jacobs’ early years and her drive to escape slavery at any cost.

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In Part 2 of Harriet Jacobs, 19th Century Civil Rights Pioneer, Dr. Lynn Pifer talks about Ms. Jacobs’ adult years, her travels, her role in the abolitionist movement and how her autobiography was rediscovered after decades of obscurity.

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Fredrick Douglass is a name well known, but how much do we really know about the man himself? Dennis Miller speaks with Dr. Lynn Pifer about Douglass and his influence on American culture and his impact on our society today.

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In Part 2, Dennis Miller continues his conversation with Dr. Lynn Pifer about the Civil Rights Pioneer, activist and author, Fredrick Douglass. She also speaks of her love and interest in African American literature.

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