A Masachusetts Sea Captiain Wonders:
Did runaway slaves set sail for freedom on the old whaling vessel that I care for?
Detective Tukufu Zuberi, a professor of sociology, is on the cacse. Director of the Center for Africana Studies, Zuberi is one of four people in charge of the "detective bureau" that will check out "the history hidden on America's doorstep" in the PBS Series History Detectives. In this program, which premiered July '02, world-renowned architects, antiquarians, and historians will use the latest investigative methods to make amazing discoveries about the homes and histories of everyday Americans.
Series producer Tony Tackaberry sas Zuberi was picked b ecase, "He's a fantastic personality...and he brings this incredible brain to a variety of stories. We want persons with the intellectual credentials to investigate weighty and serious topics, but with the charisma and personality to engage the viewer, and I think Zuberi does this."
-exerpt from Spring 2003 Penn Arts & Sciences Publication
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