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Extended Preview | America After Charleston

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What will it take to bridge America's racial divide? Join a special town hall meeting moderated by Gwen Ifill (PBS NewsHour) to explore the many issues propelled into public discourse after a white gunman shot and killed nine African-American parishioners in Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June. Premieres Monday, Sept 21 at 9/8C.

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Jelani Cobb, contributor for The New Yorker, challenges the power of conversation.
Explore the persisting inequalities that face young African-Americans today.
Panelists discuss the Black Lives Matter movement.
Hear from Polly Sheppard, a survivor of the shootings in Charleston.
Audience members discuss how media portrayal of African-Americans affects their lives.
Exclusive data from Facebook shows conversations about guns spiked in June 2015.
Exclusive data from Facebook shows spikes in conversations about race.
A dialogue about race relations in the aftermath of June 2015's Charleston church shooting
Hear from those closely tied to the Emanuel AME Church and the June 2015 shootings.
Join the town hall Monday Sept. 21st, at 9 pm ET on PBS.
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