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Q & A: The Civil War Today

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Ken Burns shares his thoughts on the state of our country since the Civil War.

Ken Burns shares his thoughts on the state of our country since the Civil War.

09/06/2015 | Rating NR

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Production made possible by grants from General Motors Corporation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation

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