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New PBS Doc on the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois, an Intellectual Giant of His Era
Civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois was a scholar, journalist and activist — famously the first Black man to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1895 — and is now the subject of a new American Masters documentary: "W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause." The film's award-winning director, Rita Coburn, joins the show to discuss Du Bois' groundbreaking work and enduring legacy.
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Merav Michaeli; Nasser Al-Kidwa; Jeffrey Goldberg; John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter