“Her Gallantry Remains”: Oprah Winfrey Remembers Acclaimed Writer Toni Morrison

Last Thursday, literary luminaries and social leaders from around the country gathered at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan to honor Toni Morrison, one of the nation’s most influential writers. She died in August at the age of 88 from complications of pneumonia. In 1993, Morrison became the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. She also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her classic work “Beloved.” Much of Morrison’s writing focused on the black female experience in America, and her writing style honored the rhythms of black oral tradition. In 2012, President Obama awarded Morrison the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Ta-Nehisi Coates, Edwidge Danticat and Oprah Winfrey were among those who spoke about Toni Morrison’s life and legacy. We air Oprah’s eulogy.
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[@MrGrillosClass]

That passage brings tears to my eyes

[@chuckjohnson8613]

Me too

[@foreverthandomnguni]

What a strong honorary note. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾

[@netsfan88]

Lol for a second I thought oprah was gonna appear on democracy now

[@sam70000]

She is one of many black faces working for the government

[@grantmarcus5675]

It is shameful that DemocracyNow! pushes Oprah to honor Toni Morrison, and make her last speaker!! Oprah reads a passage by Toni Morrison that subverts Morrison's idea of how we abuse the planet, only Oprah takes it out of context and urges us to abuse the planet and then pass that abuse on! Then Oprah brags about how it is important for the rich to be waited on by the poor, and urges "gallantry," with the reference to kings and queens. How DemocracyNow! could stoop this low and include these miserable kinds of Oprah billionaire values in understanding Toni Morrison. Their reporting is the ugly of what DemocracyNow! is becoming. They do this on a sneaky consistent basis and shows me how out of touch they are with the impoverished masses and people on the street. DemocracyNow! is becoming part of the privileged, part of the elite, and it's disgusting..

[@brainsareus]

gr8 actor, but goofball human.

[@whyugotnocase]

“That my dear is called reading” ... classic. Thanks for sharing that memory Oprah!

[@brainsareus]

gr8 actor, but goofball human.

[@twilderlm2559]

Auntie Oprah Is AMAZIN

[@AceHardy]

📙💯

[@babycakes2077]

Oprah, it was w your show that gifted me TM 🙏🏽

[@stacyshepherd4705]

The only thing Barrack Obama did for for Black people is give The Queen of writing Toni Morrison an Award. Thank You

[@brainsareus]

Oprah, is, more than a bit of a goofball; but, give her, her just due; she, is, one hell of an actor....!![I am being sincere, not sarcastic, at all]

[@cindyqueen7228]

What oprah did to mj wasn't right.

[@jxsilicon9]

She would never do it to Weinstein, Polanski,Etc.

[@IrresistibleWitch]

Thanks for your opinion.

[@yanyu8989]

too bad oprah has none tho...

[@grantmarcus5675]

It is shameful that DemocracyNow! pushes Oprah to honor Toni Morrison, and make her last speaker!! Oprah reads a passage by Toni Morrison that subverts Morrison's idea of how we abuse the planet, only Oprah takes it out of context and urges us to abuse the planet and then pass that abuse on! Then Oprah brags about how it is important for the rich to be waited on by the poor, and urges "gallantry," with the reference to kings and queens. How DemocracyNow! could stoop

[@yanyu8989]

@@grantmarcus5675 democracy now is nothing but a rich ladies propaganda amy is no saint and i hope she hangs with the rest of them....

[@grantmarcus5675]

@@yanyu8989 Not quite. But just having enough money with the books they publish and their very wealthy contacts more and more often tempts them to forget their roots. Praising anyone with Oprah's money while I have to go around with lunch boxes to feed the poor on the streets is clear evidence to me that DemocracyNow! has forgotten its roots.

[@yanyu8989]

@@grantmarcus5675 so tell me how they are anything other than massive sell outs....

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