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Behind the News: A Slow Civil War w/ Jeff Sharlet

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The Struggle for Freedom

Harry Belafonte was one of the biggest stars in America and they put this show on. He insists on a young director down on his luck Norman Jewison who go on to be nominated for several Oscars but at that time was just he had recently been fired from Revlon. They then come back and they say okay the shows are getting censored all over the south and you can't have white folks and black folks dancing together. But Harry said no because it's part of the struggle right the beginning of the book I needed I knew it was gonna be a dark book it's a dark ride but I need to begin with some hope but the hope couldn't be cheap grace and it couldn't

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