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Oprah Winfrey Hosts Two-Night OWN Special About Racism In America Simulcast On All Discovery Networks

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By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV Amid continuing civil unrest in America following the death of George Floyd, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has set OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?, a two-night special that will simulcast on OWN and across all of Discovery’s 18 other U.S.

networks.. The special, which airs Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10 at 9 PM, features Oprah Winfrey as she speaks with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists about systematic racism and the current state of America.

Featured guests include politician Stacey Abrams, journalist Charles M. Blow; Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (When They See Us, Queen Sugar), professor and author

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