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I want every day in the school curriculum to be Black History Month.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professor and Director, Hutchins Cent...
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"Extra" with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

"Extra" with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Now, more than ever, a diversifying United States needs a shared base of knowledge. That’s according to Eric Liu, executive director of the Citizenship and American Identity Program at the Aspen Institute. He’s calling on the American public and cultural leaders to build a crowd-sourced national list of facts and references every American should know. In this “Extra” episode, he talks to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Gates is a filmmaker, scholar, journalist and cultural critic. He offers his ideas on what terms should make up a modern American language. (Music: David Szesztay/Throughout The City)

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