Volume 8, #6
February 2004

Workshops

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The History Circle on PBS 45 & 49

For tons of information about these fascinating history specials, visit PBS 45 & 49 Online at http://www.pbs4549.org and follow Programming to Programs At-A-Glance for quick Web links.

Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance

Wednesdays, Feb. 11 & 18, 9 pm to 11 pm
Educator Rights: 1 Year

The epic story of the family that ignited the most important cultural and artistic revolution in Western history.

In Search of Shakespeare

Wednesdays, 8 pm to 9 pm in February
Educator Rights: 1 Year

Michael Wood, a historian, writer and documentary filmmaker, hosts this four-part series that explores the life of the world's greatest writer.

America Beyond the Color Line With Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Tuesday, Feb. 3 & Wednesday, Feb. 4, 9 pm to 11 pm
Educator Rights: 1 Year

Henry Louis Gates Jr. travels the length and breadth of the United States to take the temperature of black America at the start of the new century.

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

Sunday, Feb. 8, 2:30 pm to 4 pm
Educator Rights: 1 Year

American Masters presents an in-depth portrait of one of the great American authors of the 20th century.

American Experience, The Murder of Emmett Till

Monday, Feb. 16, 10 pm to 11 pm
Educator Rights: 1 Year

This Oscar-nominated film tells the story of the brutal slaying of a 14-year-old black boy in Mississippi in 1955 and the acquittal of his murderers, which led to the Montgomery bus boycott.