Ossie Davis on Black oral cultural traditions. Black actor and screenwriter Ossie Davis uses personal examples to explain the importance of the oral tradition in Black culture. From a lecture given at the Science Auditorium on the campus of the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth on March 29, 1978. Originally aired on WSCD's The Saturday Show.This tape runs higher in pitch than the original. One of three cuts: Br'er Rabbit (12:08), Early Literature (12:08), and Black Ministers (15:57). This copy suffers from tape damage in Br'er Rabbit at around 11:00.