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Charlemae Hill Rollins discusses and reads from her book "The Christmas gif'"

BROADCAST: 1970 | DURATION: 00:53:13

Synopsis

Charlemae Hill Rollins and Studs Terkel read from "The Christmas Gif" and discuss it's importance in African American literature. The book is an anthology of Christmas poems, songs, and stories, written by and about Negroes, and compiled by librarian Charlemae Hill Rollins. The book was first published in 1963.