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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Explores ‘Black and Jewish America’

JL;DR SUMMARY Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. dives into the intertwined histories of Black and Jewish communities in his new PBS series, "Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Civil Rights MovementWhite SupremacyFinding Your RootsPbsGenealogyHenry Louis Gates Jr.CharlottesvilleBlack And Jewish RelationsInterfaith SolidarityEsther Brown

Places mentioned

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"said Gates, who talked to Hadassah Magazine from his home in Cambridge, Mass."
Piedmont, West Virginia, United States
"living in our overwhelmingly white tri-towns of Piedmont, W.V., and Westernport and Luke, Md."
Westernport, Maryland, United States
"living in our overwhelmingly white tri-towns of Piedmont, W.V., and Westernport and Luke, Md."
Luke, Maryland, United States
"living in our overwhelmingly white tri-towns of Piedmont, W.V., and Westernport and Luke, Md."
Kansas, United States
"Brown is my hero, and my favorite anecdote in this whole series. She was a middle-class housewife in Kansas, the daughter of Jewish immigrants."
Massachusetts, United States
"Avi Dresner, who lives in the Berkshires with his family, is a journalist, documentarian and screenwriter."

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