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    Assignment America

    A weekly series with alternating interviewer: Harvard psycho-historian Doris Kerns; poet, playwright and author Maya Angelou; syndicated columnist George Will and populist chronicler Studs Terkel. Each program featured one of the four in a 30-minute film or videotape report on someone who contributed to the ideas and issues of America.

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    Ended

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    Assignment America

    First Air Date

    —

    Last Air Date

    May 13, 1975

    Seasons

    1

    Episodes

    4

    Language

    English

    Production Companies

    Thirteen

    Networks

    Thirteen WNET

    S01E119

    Episode #119: Conversation with a Native Son

    Novelist, essayist and outspoken black rights advocate James Baldwin talked about his career with Maya Angelou.

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