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Transcript: Commentary: Tribute to Elma Lewis
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- January 13, 2004
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TAVIS SMILEY
Tavis Smiley (NPR)
01-13-2004
Commentary: Tribute to Elma Lewis
Host: TAVIS SMILEY
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
TAVIS SMILEY, host:
On New Year's Day, Boston's 82-year-old doyen of African-American culture, Elma Lewis, died. Although Ms. Lewis is not a household name across the country, her legacy is felt globally. Our commentator, Janus Adams, pays tribute.
JANUS ADAMS:
Speak of Elma Lewis, big words come to mind: visionary, genius and images like an oncoming train. That was Elma Lewis, founder in 1950 of Boston's Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts; in 1966 of the Playhouse in the Park, a summer theater at which Duke Ellington would perform; in 1968 of the National Center of ...
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