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Ken Burns: PBS NewsHour Segment About the Complaint by Hispanics (audio)

Jeffrey Brown provides a Media Unit report on the debate over Ken Burns’ PBS series on World War II. Then, Brown speaks with guests including: Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, director of the U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project at the University of Texas at Austin, who is also one of the founders of the Defend the Honor campaign, formed to create greater awareness about the World War II Hispanic community; and, Nancy Buirski, the CEO, founder and artistic director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
Read entire article at PBS NewsHour Interview