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In this latest BY THE PEOPLE installment, Jim Lehrer gathers
influential Americans to draft a "Declaration of Citizenship for
the 21st Century" during the course of a four-day conference in
Colonial Williamsburg. The convocation brings together a diverse
group of approximately 50 influential Americans, including leaders
in finance, education, academics, sports, science, technology,
religion, politics, law, journalism, the military, health and
medicine, visual and performing arts, social networking, comic
books and auto racing, who offer their views on the rights and
responsibilities of citizens and government in modern-day America
in both small and larger group discussions. Their conversations are
informed by presentations from a wide range of American leaders,
including musician, educator and activist Branford Marsalis;
playwright David Henry Hwang; historian Gordon Wood; columnist and
linguist John McWhorter; writer and social critic Howard Rheingold;
and history professor Carol Berkin.