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    American Experience: The Busing Battleground

    PBS Books hosts a program with award winning directors Sharon Grimberg and Cyndee Readdean, to discuss their AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND: THE DECADE-LONG ROAD TO SCHOOL DESEGREGATION on PBS. In September 2023, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE premieres two new documentaries by Executive Producer Cameo George, that examine the deeply mixed legacy of America’s efforts to racially integrate public schools. THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND tells the story of the bitter struggle to integrate Boston’s school and captures the class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white students in Boston were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a [...]

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    American Experience: The Harvest | Filmmaker Talk

    PBS Books hosts a program with award winning filmmakers Sam Pollard and Douglas A. Blackmon, to discuss part two of the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The School Integration” series, THE HARVEST: Integrating Mississippi’s Schools” on PBS.

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    We Are Each Other with Sonya Clark | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

    Sonya Clark is an artist and educator who creates installations and objects rooted in craft’s legacy. She employs the language of textiles and politics of hair to celebrate Blackness, reclaim freedoms, and interrogate historical and contemporary injustices. “Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other,” currently on view at Cranbrook Art Museum through September 26, is a traveling mid-career survey focusing on Clark’s community-centered and participatory projects created over the past 25 years.

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    2023 Hispanic Heritage Month – Author Highlights

    Over the years, PBS Books has interviewed numerous talented Hispanic authors who write across various genres and for ages. In Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, PBS Books pays tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively impacted and enriched our nation and society.

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    Climate Conversation with Author Ben Goldfarb

    PBS Books talks with Award-winning Journalist and Author Ben Goldfarb to discuss his latest book CROSSING: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet and his Award-winning book Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter.

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    His Final Presentation with Chris Van Allsburg | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

    hris Van Allsburg is one of America’s most innovative picture book creators. Since 1979, his books have blurred the line between fantasy and reality. His illustrations are provocative and eerie, often hinting at an alternate reality lurking behind the next page. His book Jumanji and its sequel Zathura became a series of Hollywood films. His most recognized book, The Polar Express, was also adapted for the big screen and is one of the bestselling children’s books of all time.

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    An Evening with Martin Baron and Stephen Henderson

    An evening with Martin Baron in conversation with Stephen Henderson.

    For eight years, Martin Baron served as executive editor of The Washington Post, leading its newsroom from Jeff Bezos’s purchase of the paper to the election and presidency of Donald Trump. Join Baron in conversation with Stephen Henderson for a discussion on Baron’s new book, “Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post,” as he details his tenure at The Post and examines larger issues of the press and its role in democracy.