"Remembering Toni Morrison’s ‘beautiful human urgency’" PBS NewsHour 8/6/2019

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SUMMARY:  Author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison died Monday at age 88.  The acclaimed writer, editor and professor helped transform American literature, bringing forth a black perspective that had rarely been heard.  Jeffrey Brown reports and talks to Princeton University’s Tracy K. Smith, a former U.S. Poet Laureate, about how she was influenced by Morrison's work, generosity and “amazing vigor.”