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History Talks: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Kevin Costner, Eva Longoria, Kate Winslet and John Legend Look Back to Move Forward
Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Kevin Costner and more discuss how the past informs the future at A+E Networks' History Talks event in Los Angeles.
Two former Presidents, one former first lady and noted historians, authors, academics and journalists gathered Saturday at the Academy Museum for a History Talks event that looked at moments of conflict in the nation’s past to bring perspective to the polarization of the present. Saturday’s event also put the spotlight on L.A.’s Roybal Film and Television magnet program designed to train high school students for careers in entertainment. As Obama surveyed his time in office, he cited one of his personal highlights as an orator as his 2015 speech marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in support of voting rights.
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