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Payne Featured in PBS Documentary

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Richard J. Payne

Distinguished Professor of Politics and Government Richard J. Payne will be featured in an upcoming PBS special on American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Payne has extensively researched Hamilton’s life, career, and political worldview. “Hamilton devoted his whole life to one thing, and that was creating the United States,” said Payne. “And although there is no major monument today to Hamilton, he doesn’t need one. We live in Hamilton’s monument—this United States.” The American Experience documentary on Alexander Hamilton will air on PBS stations on Monday, May 14 at 8 p.m. central time. The program covers the full sweep of Hamilton’s short life, one that had more than its share of heroism, scandal and tragedy.

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Payne will be featured along with biographer Ron Chernow and historians Carol Berkin, Joanne Freeman, Karl Walling and Gordon Wood. Tony Award winning actor Brian F. O’Byrne portrays Alexander Hamilton. Payne recently completed the manuscript for the forthcoming book, Hamilton’s America: How a Caribbean Immigrant Shaped the World’s Greatest Country.
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