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Ken Burns UNUM
UNUM Short: The Mythology of Monuments
Season 2022
Episode 5
During a 1985 interview, Ken Burns asked James Baldwin what the Statue of Liberty meant to him. In this UNUM Short, released amid debate over the removal of confederate monuments, Baldwin's powerful words resonate as we consider why, and for whom, our monuments have been built.
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