Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on race in America
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Emmy Award winning filmmaker Ken Burns and Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. speak about race in America at a National Press Club event on Monday. Both men have films coming out about racial issues, and have teamed up to host a national lecture series addressing the racial barriers existing in America.
Ken Burns' film "Jackie Robinson" is set to premiere in April and Gates' film "Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise" is set to premiere in the Fall. The moderator was the National Press Club president Thomas Burr.
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