Thulani Davis
Thulani Davis (born July 19, 1949) is an American playwright, journalist, librettist, novelist, poet, and screenwriter. She is a graduate of Barnard College and attended graduate school at both the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.
In 1992, Davis received a Grammy Award for her album notes on Aretha Franklin's Queen Of Soul – The Atlantic Recordings, becoming the first female recipient of this award. She has collaborated with her cousin, composer Anthony Davis, writing the librettos to two operas.
Davis wrote for the Village Voice for more than a decade, including the obituary for fellow poet and Barnard alumna June Jordan. She was a mentor to a young Greg Tate, before he emerged as an influential journalist and cultural critic. Thulani Davis is a contemporary of and collaborator with Ntozake Shange.
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Overture - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 2, 125th Street, Harlem, "We are an African people" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, "Africa for Africans" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 2, "When I was little" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, Louise's Aria, "I remember..." - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 3, "If we are going to be free" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, "Reverend Little is dead." - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 3, "Jones is not your name" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, "What is going on here?" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 3, "We're not askin' Massa to sit at a lunch counter." - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 1, "Momma, help me." - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 4, "We are a nation" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 2, Boston, "Come with me, child." - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 4, "The chickens come home to roost." - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 2, Pool Hall, "Shoot your shot!" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 5, Malcolm and Betty, "Are you sure?" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 2, Dance Hall, "Just stand real still" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 1, "Betrayal is on his lips." - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 2, "I see..." - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 2, Betty's Aria, "When a man is lost" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 3, Malcolm's Aria, "You want the story, but you don't want to know" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 2, Mecca, "Bismillah hirrahman-irrahim" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm: Act II, Scene 1, Prison, "In the devil's grip" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 3, Riot - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act II, Scene 1, "You are not empty" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 3, "The name is Shabazz" - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 4, "I have learned so much in Africa." - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 5, Audubon Ballroom - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X -
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