Designing Life, The N-Word, The King's Speech

Jun 12, 2011 on CBS at 7:00 PM

Summary

Designing Life – Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist Craig Venter, whose scientists have already mapped the human genome and created what he calls “the first synthetic species.” The N-Word – A Southern publisher’s sanitized edition of “Huck... (more)leberry Finn” that replaces the N-word with “slave” over 200 times is the focal point for a debate on the use of the controversial word in American society. The King’s Speech – “60 Minutes” talks to its starring actor, Colin Firth, and reports on the historic find in an attic that helped make the “The King’s Speech” an Oscar favorite.

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