About the Program
Journalist Gwen Ifill examines a new generation of African-American politicians in “The Break-Through: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” Ms. Ifill profiles Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Congressman Artur Davis, and President Barack Obama and presents her thoughts on the role that the Civil Rights movement played in their roads to office. Gwen Ifill discusses her book at Miami Book Fair International.
Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill is the managing editor and moderator of "Washington Week" and senior correspondent of "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer." She was formerly chief congressional correspondent for NBC News and was a reporter for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, and the Boston Herald. Ms. Ifill moderated the 2004 and 2008 Vice Presidential debates. Gwen Ifill is the author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.
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