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Highlights of Exploring Our Nation: Ken Burns
PBS Books is pleased to host re-release the highlights of our digital program with award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, author of Our America: A Photographic History.
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FeaturedMasterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small with Ben Vanstone
The Magic of Masterpiece Join PBS Books for a conversation with Ben Vanstone, Writer and Executive Producer of MASTERPIECE’s All Creatures Great and Small. As the writer and Executive Producer, Vanstone will discuss and examine the adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small, the timeless story written by James Herriot. Season 3 premieres Sunday, January 8, 2023, 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on PBS. All Creatures Great and Small returns for a third season filled with compassion, trials, and triumph in the Yorkshire Dales. Tag along on adventures with Siegfried Farnon, Tristan Farnon, Mrs. Hall, and more as James and Helen prepare for [...]
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FeaturedGenevieve West and Monica Miller | Trailblazing Women Writers
PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a program about Zora Neale Hurston’s latest book You Don’t Know Us Negroes & Other Essays with co-editor Genevieve West, Ph.D. in conversation with Monica Miller, Ph.D., in connection with AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE.
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Featured“The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.” with Jeh Johnson, Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security | Ford School Events
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson reflects on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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FeaturedDocumenting Family History in the Digital Age | ‘Finding Your Roots’ National Conversation Series
"Documenting Family History in the Digital Age" is the first of the four-part "Finding Your Roots" National Conversation Series.
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Featured‘The Half-Life of Freedom: Notes on Race, Media and Democracy’ with Jelani Cobb | Ford School Events
Wallace House, in partnership with PBS Books, presents journalist and scholar Jelani Cobb, in conversation with Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes, as part of the continuing series: "Democracy in Crisis: Views from the Press."
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Featured“Cultural Exchange Rate – A Case Study” with Tania El Khoury | Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury examines the universal, never-ending story of migration through a family diary of the borders, and the recognition that the cruelest of borders are invisible to the eye and present in everyday life.
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FeaturedCharles M. Blow | Wright Museum Speakers
Livestream presentation of the Wright Museum’s inaugural President Lecture Series featuring columnist, political analyst and author Charles Blow, who brings insight and a robust discussion on Martin Luther King Jr., race and culture.
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FeaturedAuthor Talk | Zora Neale Hurston and Black History Month with Ibram X. Kendi, Ph.D.
PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a program with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, who recently adapted Zora Neale Hurston’s Magnolia Flower and soon-to-be-released The Making of Butterflies.
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Featured“Climate Change and the Importance of the Urban Landscape” with Martha Schwartz | Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
As Founding Partner of Martha Schwartz Partners, Landscape Architects, Martha Schwartz is a world-renowned designer.
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FeaturedFinding Your Roots: Genealogy & The Next Generation
Wondering what's on the minds of youth when it comes to genealogy? Join the virtual conversation with Student Reporting Labs on Wed. Feb. 8 at 8/7c. This event, Genealogy & The Next Generation, is the second of a 4-part National Conversation Series in connection with Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and presents an intergenerational conversation about family trees. The conversation will be moderated by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab alumna Sonal Prakash and feature Finding Your Roots lead genealogist Akosua E. Moore, filmmaker and scholar Thomas Allen Harris, and college sophomore Naima Blanco-Norberg who is delving into genealogy [...]
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FeaturedAuthor Talk | Music as Resistance with Jonathan Abrams
CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY: MUSIC AS RESISTANCE AUTHOR TALK: JONATHAN ABRAMS PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and WTTW/Chicago PBS, is pleased to host a program with award-winning New York Times staff writer Jonathan Abrams, who is the author of The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop. This program is offered in connection with Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World, which just premiered on PBS earlier this year and can be streamed at PBS.org (check your local listing). Join us to learn more about [...]
