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Fred Rogers, the television pioneer whose show aired for more than 30 years on public television, died Wednesday night after a brief battle with cancer. He was 74 years old. His show, which airs in syndication on PBS, continues to touch the lives of millions of children - and their parents - around the world. Jessica Reaves remembers her own special bond with the man in the sweater...
...years ago, when Mister Rogers hung up his cardigan for the last time (the 72-year-old taped the final installment of his show in 2000, and it will air next week), a palpable sense of sadness permeates PBS. His death this week has compounded that feeling of loss...
...organic creations positioned in a fashion and location that leaves them vulnerable to the elements. Works of stone, ice and wood are placed on land or in the sea in such a way that they are beaten into uselessness or oblivion. Sounds like an Ingmar Bergman PBS documentary. Rivers and Tides screens...
...organic creations positioned in a fashion and location that leaves them vulnerable to the elements. Works of stone, ice and wood are placed on land or in the sea in such a way that they are beaten into uselessness or oblivion. Sounds like an Ingmar Bergman PBS documentary. Rivers and Tides screens...
Reading about and watching the poignant new PBS documentary about his life (co-produced and co-directed by Time Inc.'s Bennett Singer and scheduled for national broadcast on Jan. 20) and reading his prose, one is struck by a central, inspiring fact. Rustin never wavered in his belief in true racial integration. He saw the civil rights movement not as a protest against America or an indictment of it but as a way for America to live up to its own principles. In stark contrast to Malcolm X, with whom he civilly debated, Rustin emphasized not what white Americans...