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Comedian Lewis Black on Free Speech and Comedy

Originally aired on February 28, 2003.

“Speaking Freely,” a weekly public television series developed by the Freedom Forum’s First Amendment Center, focused on the First Amendment, the arts and American culture. It aired from 2000-2004, with guests that included Robert Redford, Yoko Ono and Susan Sarandon.

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