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The Brian Lehrer Show / February 26, 2003

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Wednesday, February 26, 2003

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Joy To The World

Frustrated at the lack of stimulating and accurate American history textbooks for grade school students, grandmother Joy Hakim set out in to compile a comprehensive guide. In 1993 it was published by Oxford University Press. Now that 10 volume work has now been turned into a 16-episode PBS series, hosted by Katie Couric. The companion book is called Freedom
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Mark Bowden, writer for the Atlantic Monthly and author of Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (Penguin USA, 2002), says we should invade Iraq

Joy Hakim, a former elementary school teacher and author of Freedom: A History of Us (Oxford, 2002) and Philip B. Kunhardt III, an Episcopal minister, writer, and producer of a PBS series based on Hakim's books

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In the aftermath of President Obama's campaign, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn-based community activist has written a new book, Open Letters to America: Essays by Kevin Powell, outlining his thoughts about political engagement, particularly among African-American youth.