Box 4

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Maya Angelou is introduced through a performance by Pepperdine Students. Angelou sings and introduces her own works. Angelou requests to skip recitation of her poems, and instead, returns on camera to receive gifts from the student body before reading a poem written by Pepperdine student Jason Presley.

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This item has been digitized and returned to the collection.

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Attallah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, fields questions about her father's life, probing his political, social, and personal beliefs. These questions range from his religious affiliations to the validity of Spike Lee's 1992 film Malcolm X. Moderated by James Taylor.

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This item has been digitized and returned to the collection.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists mainly of printed transcripts of speeches and addresses given at Pepperdine University. Also included are draft copies and research materials gathered during the writing process, as well as some VHS and DVD recordings of particular speeches. The types of speeches in the collection include commencement addresses, presidential inaugural speeches, talks given for Pepperdine's Great Issues series, speeches given to Pepperdine Associates, faculty retreat talks, and works...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists mainly of printed transcripts of speeches and addresses given at Pepperdine University. Also included are draft copies and research materials gathered during the writing process, as well as some VHS and DVD recordings of particular speeches. The types of speeches in the collection include commencement addresses, presidential inaugural speeches, talks given for Pepperdine's Great Issues series, speeches given to Pepperdine Associates, faculty retreat talks, and works...