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Itzhak Perlman and Alan Alda’s Friendship
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Itzhak Perlman and Alan Alda on life, food and more.
Robert Shaw Was an Early Champion of Civil Rights
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The story behind the Integrated Robert Shaw Chorale.
Miles Davis Loved Playing this Prince Album on Repeat
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Miles Davis' son Erin talks about the Prince album that his father played over and over.
Outtakes, Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women'
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Louisa May Alcott's reputation as a spinster masked a literary double life.
Richard Russo on To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Pulitzer Prize winning author discusses the impact of Harper Lee's characters
Harper Lee: From Mockingbird to Watchman
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In an American Masters exclusive, Murphy reports on meeting with Lee on June 30, 2015.
See Behind the Scenes of Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
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Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn-Whack share the inspiration and process behind their film.
Louis Gossett Jr. shares a story about his great-grandmother
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Louis Gossett Jr. shares a story about his great-grandmother.
Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize Night
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Mitchell received news of the prize by phone and hid from the press
Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, Southern Suffragist
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The most important person in Margaret Mitchell's life was her mother Maybelle
Wally Lamb on To Kill a Mockingbird
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The acclaimed author discusses To Kill a Mockingbird as an agent of radical change
Behind the Scenes: Common, Rita Coburn-Whack & Maya Angelou
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Rita Coburn-Whack originally introduced Maya Angelou and Common.
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