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Tonight PBS debuts the documentary series, "America's War on Poverty: Untold Stories from the ...

Tonight PBS debuts the documentary series, "America's War on Poverty: Untold Stories from the Front Line." The five-part series documents President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, which he declared during his State of the Union Address in January 1964. It included programs like Head Start, and Job Corps. Terry will talk with: 1) Executive Producer and President of Blackside, Inc., HENRY HAMPTON. He was also responsible for the Emmy Award-Winning PBS series, "Eyes on the Prize." 2) Journalist NICHOLAS LEHMANN. He served as consultant on the series. He's the author of "The Promised Land," about the migration of African-Americans from the South to the North. (Knopf

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