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James Beard played a key role in the very first food shows on television.

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Lorraine Hansberry encourages young writers to represent their community in their work.

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Lorraine Hansberry speaks out with "sighted eyes and feeling heart" against injustice.

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Explore the magical world Ursula K. Le Guin created in fantasy novel A Wizard of Earthsea.

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Watch the acceptance speech that shook the literary world.

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John Singleton shares why he believes Dr. Angelou's story is so important.

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Without realizing it, Maya Angelou met Tupac Shakur.

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Learn how Norman Lear struck up a friendship with Dr. Maya Angelou.

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Both Eliel and his son, Eero, competed to design a new monument in St. Louis, MO.

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Eero Saarinen exhibited his architectural vision through his design for General Motors.

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MIT is renovating their chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and dedicated in 1955.

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In designing the MIT Chapel, Eero Saarinen aimed to capture a basic spiritual environment.