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Central Park Five’s Santana: Discussing Ordeal is ‘Therapeutic’
Raymond Santana, 38, one of the Central Park Five *PBS will air the latest Ken Burns documentary “Central Park Five” on April 16, to be followed the next day with an online discussion featuring the...
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Timberlake, Mavis Staples at White House for ‘Memphis’ Concert
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks as musicians Mavis Staples (L) and Justin Timberlake (2nd L) listen during an interactive student workshop at the State Dining Room of the White House April 9,...
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Central Park Five Didn’t Even Know Each Other When Arrested
*New York police were so hell bent on finding suspects in the 1989 rape of a white jogger in Central Park that they simply rounded up dozens of random black and Latino teens in the area and hauled...
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Audra McDonald Used ‘Private Practice’ to Conquer TV Fear
Audra McDonald stand outside of Lincoln Center *Audra McDonald has been hosting this season’s “Live From Lincoln Center” series on PBS, but she’s set to command center stage next month for the show’s...
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‘Downton Abbey’ Casts First Recurring Black Character
Gary Carr *Gary Carr, a regular on British TV, will join the red hot drama “Downton Abbey” as its first recurring black cast member. He’ll play a “charming and charismatic” young jazz singer in the...
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PBS’ ‘Homegoings’ Explores African American Funerals (Trailer)
Isaiah Owens prepares Vernell Bishop for her “last viewing” at his funeral home in the PBS documentary “Homegoings” *Coming to PBS in June is a documentary that explores the beauty and grace of...
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Candice Glover Set for DC’s ‘Memorial Day Concert’
Candice Glover, winner of American Idol’s season 12, visits the Empire State Building on May 21, 2013 in New York City *“American Idol” season 12 champ Candice Glover will perform at “The National...
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Stage Diva Audra McDonald on Her Broadway Takeover
Five-Time Tony winner Audra McDonald peforms onstage for the ‘LIVE From Lincoln Center’ performance during the PBS portion of the 2013 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Langham...
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Tavis Smiley Blames Obama Admin for Losing Sponsorships
*Tavis Smiley is putting the Obama administration on blast, accusing some members of the group of intimidation. The PBS talk show host told the Associated Press that some of his sponsors were pressured...
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Obama Talks NSA, Syria, China on ‘Charlie Rose’ (Watch)
President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks in the Waterfront Hall on June 17, 2013 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Later The President will join other leaders at the G8 Summit in Fermanagh *President...
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PBS to Air ‘Provocative’ March on Washington Doc
*“The March,” a documentary that recounts the story behind the 1963 March on Washington, is set to air Aug. 27 – on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the march where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
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SNCC Field Secretary: Trayvon Martin is This Generation’s Emmett Till
Field secretary for the SNCC and March participant Joyce Ladner speaks onstage during “The March” panel discussion at the PBS portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association tour at the...
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‘Downton Abbey’ Producer: ‘No Pressure’ to Add Black Character
(L-R) Actors Phyllis Logan, Sophie McShera, Laura Carmichael, executive producer Gareth Neame, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt and series executive producer Rebecca Eaton speak onstage during the...
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Ruby Bridges In Her Own Words on PBS’ ‘Many Rivers to Cross’
Norman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With” *Norman Rockwell’s iconic painting of 6-year-old Ruby Bridges being escorted to school by federal marshals is well known, but many of the personal...
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CNN, PBS Detail ‘March on Washington’ Anniversary Specials (Clip)
*The 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom will be remembered via two separate documentaries airing on different networks. CNN‘s original documentary “We Were...
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Hate Triangle Between ESPN, NFL and PBS Clouds ‘Concussion’ Doc
(L-R) NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson, investigative reporter and author Mark Fainaru-Wada, journalist and ESPN writer Steve Fainaru, senior coordinating producer at ESPN Dwayne Bray and filmmaker...
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Experience 1963′s ‘March on Washington’ As it Happened in PBS’s ‘The March’
*Tonight, on the eve of Wednesday’s 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, PBS airs the documentary, “The March,” a 360 degree look at the historic event - from sunup to sundown – that...
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EUR Perspective: The New ‘Insider’ Takes on NFL Concussions
*In the fantastic Michael Mann movie “The Insider,” a damning report on the tobacco industry prompted by whistle blower Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) that is set to be aired on 60 Minutes is killed by...
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Hall of Famer Harry Carson Doesn’t Want his Grandson Playing Football
*Tonight, PBS airs a controversial documentary that the National Football League would rather it not. Thousands of former players and a host of scientists claim the league has covered up how football...
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PBS’ ‘African Americans’: For the Generation Who Never Saw ‘Eyes on the Prize’
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. attends ‘The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross’ New York Series Premiere at the Paris Theater on October 16, 2013 in New York City *The history of blacks in the United...
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