Lori Rotskoff

cultural historian

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Cultural historian, writer and teacher; co-editor of the anthology When We Were Free to Be: Looking Back at a Children's Classic and the Difference It Made

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If you were a child in the 1970's, you probably remember the TV special Free to Be You and Me that aired 40 years ago this month.

Free to Be You and Me

If you were a child in the 1970's, you probably remember the TV special Free to Be You and Me that aired 40 years ago this month.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

If you were a child in the 1970’s, you might remember the TV special Free To Be... You and Me that aired 40 years ago this month.

Free to Be... You and Me

If you were a child in the 1970’s, you might remember the TV special Free To Be... You and Me that aired 40 years ago this month.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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