{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"New films highlight the ongoing relevance of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass","publication_date":"October 06, 2022","summary":"Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass are the latest subjects of a filmmaker long-engaged in telling the contributions and challenges of African Americans. Two new PBS documentaries focus on the 19th-century giants who helped lead the fight to end slavery in America. Jeffrey Brown sat down with filmmaker Stanley Nelson for our arts and culture series, \"CANVAS.\"","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2022\/10\/a6b53508e26b186e3a28775db9924418-History-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}