LaTanya is an accomplished actress and producer. She graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1971. While a student at Spelman (an all-female institution), she met Samuel L. Jackson, who was a student at Morehouse College (the all-male institution affiliated with Spelman), who would later become her husband. They have one daughter named Zoe.
LaTanya & Sam have known my wife for years. LaTanya attended my father in law's (Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy) church, way back in the day...as they say.
She spoke with me while she was still performing 8 shows a week on Broadway, in "To Kill A Mockingbird" - a huge undertaking for any actor.
It wasn't her first time on Broadway, she'd been nominated for a Tony Award in 2014 for her work in "A Raisin in the Sun".
We've been friends for many years, and I was happy to get a chance to talk with her.
- 4:12 This is family
- 5:12 LaTanya and Sam are doing a documentary “Enslaved”
- 6:33 A reading dedicated to the Apollo launch
- 8:16 ABC News – “1969”
- 9:19 “Then you meet Atlanta”
- 11:52 To Kill A Mockingbird – breaking records
- 14:21 Sworn to secrecy
- 15:17 LaTanya & Sam, The Tony Awards, and American Theatre
- 17:23 Art is Life & Life is Art
- 18:55 Perceived superiority
- 19:26 Sam’s 70th Birthday Party – It Was Epic!
- 20:30 Stevie Wonder
- 21:40 Why I love her - LaTanya is so down to earth
- 22:20 Wait!
- 23:23 Only gonna be the famous people that I know
- 24:17 John Singleton
- 25:40 Behind the scenes with “A Raisin in the Sun”
- 26:38 An Exclusive Announcement
- 28:56 Did we talk about anything artistic?
- 29:29 LaTanya discusses how she and Aaron Sorkin crafted her character CALPURNIA
- 30:14 No one ever asked what the African American is actually thinking
- 30:34 The “Magic Negro”
- 31:11 Watching Harper Lee interviews
- 31:54 That word – 500 times a night…
- 33:04 It’s exhausting
- 33:32 We discuss White Privilege
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
"1969 - Season 1 Episode 1 - Moonshot"
To Kill a Mockingbird Breaks 118-Year Broadway Box Office Record
Aaron Sorkin & LaTanya discuss "Mockingbird"- NPR (watch the video)
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