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Free For All: The Public Library
Season 26
Episode 16
Free For All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.
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- Wednesday Apr 30, 5:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Wednesday Apr 30, 10:30 PM PDT on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Thursday May 1, 6:30 AM PDT on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Saturday May 3, 9:00 AM PDT on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Saturday May 3, 11:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Plus
- Sunday May 11, 10:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday May 13, 4:00 AM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday May 13, 10:00 AM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday May 13, 4:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Encore
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