The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Ishmael Reed

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Ishmael Reed

12/11/2015; 12/13/2015

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2015.011

Fiction writer Ishmael Reed (1938 - ) authored a total of thirty novels, poetry collections, and plays, is a literary icon, and was a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant. Reed was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 12/11/2015 and 12/13/2015, in Oakland, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 11; Total Run Time: 04h 54m 25s

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Writer Ishmael Reed was born on February 22, 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Thelma Virginia Coleman, a homemaker and salesclerk, and Henry Lenoir, a fundraiser for the YMCA. In 1942, he moved to Buffalo, New York with his mother and stepfather, Bennie Stephen Reed, an autoworker. Reed graduated from East High School in 1956, enrolled in night classes at Millard Fillmore College, and later transferred to SUNY Buffalo.In 1961, Reed began writing forEmpire State Weekly, during which time he inte...