KEN BURNS ON CAPITOL HILL
Film maker Ken Burns speaks to members of the press on July 13, 2004 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Burns has just finished a documentary on boxer Jack Johnson who was heavy weight champion at the turn of the century but was mistreated because he was black, and arrested on trumpted up charges for violating the Mann Act...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld)
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Filmmaker Ken Burns has agreed to use more material about Latino contributions to America's efforts during World War II in his documentary "The War."
Harry Schmid, a World War II glider pilot portrayed in an upcoming Ken Burns documentary, has died in California at the age of 87.
Documentary maker Ken Burns and PBS signed a 15-year pact, enabling Burns to develop American history films, PBS said during a meeting in Pasadena, Calif.
Jay McShann, whose piano boogie-woogie, blues and swing music influenced Kansas City jazz for more than 70 years, has died at the age of 90. He performed last year at the Folly Theater and died Thursday after checking into St. Luke's Hospital on Nov. 27 w
Kansas City, Mo., trumpet players are upset that a recording was used to play taps at the funeral for ex-Negro League ballplayer John J. "Buck" O'Neil.
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