"<em>If you're buying for an amateur historian ... </em>put in an order for<strong> ""The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross""</strong> DVD. The well-reviewed series, which is being released with a companion book by Henry Louis Gates,<a href=""http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/"" target=""_blank""> aired on PBS in October and November</a> and offers a sweeping view of black history. The DVD comes out in January, but there's no time like the present to reserve a copy. (PBS, $34.99)"
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