"The Flower in the Gun Barrel," an essay written by Professor of History Maurice Isserman, will be featured on PBS' BILL MOYERS JOURNAL. Airing locally on Friday, Nov. 2, at 10:30 p.m. on WCNY/ channel 24, the program includes a segment on the 40th anniversary of the March on the Pentagon in which Isserman participated.
Originally published last month in The Chronicle of Higher Education's Chronicle Review, Isserman's essay recounts his experience as a participant in the march and analyzes the event's importance in the evolution of the Vietnam anti-war movement. The program producers plan to "highlight" the essay along with photographs provided by Isserman.
According to the show's Web site, "Bringing back the landmark PBS series that first aired 35 years ago, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL will be reinvented for the 21st century to reflect the new challenges facing journalism and the issues confronting democracy. … The goal is to enrich the conversation of democracy with fresh and original voices-perspectives seldom available anywhere else on television-that reflect a diversity of wisdom, experience, and insight. Each week in a one-hour broadcast, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL will feature produced analysis of vital issues, strong interviews with unique voices on politics, the arts and letters, science, religion, and the media, as well as debates on public issues and documentary specials."
The show will air at the 10:30 p.m. time slot on Friday as well as on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 2 and 4 a.m.
