February 22, 1986

John Wright on University of Minnesota's Black literature collection

Mark Heistad - Reporter, John Wright - Interviewee

MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews John Wright, professor of Sociology at University of Minnesota, about the institution’s acquisition of largest private collection of Afro American literature and life in the country.

The collection came from New York City private collector Richard Lee Hoffman.

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