AMERICAN ACHIEVERS explores the power of ambition, commitment to excellence, risk-taking and tenacity in pursuit of the American Dream. Hosted and produced by author, documentary filmmaker, and media trailblazer Keith Dunnavant, who has been interviewing newsmakers for more than four decades, including many years as an award-winning print journalist in New York and Atlanta. Widely acclaimed for his sports and general history books, including THE MISSING RING, SPY PILOT and MONTANA, Dunnavant co-directed the ESPN Films documentary BART STARR. With each episode of AMERICAN ACHIEVERS, he explores the life of an accomplished individual who has relentlessly chased success and fulfillment, often battling through significant adversity and reflecting universal lessons that strike at the heart of the American experience. Featuring entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, astronauts, media figures and civic leaders. KeithDunnavant.com
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Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Neil Leifer talks about growing up poor on New York's Lower East Side, the deli delivery job that allowed him to buy his first camera, landing his first SPORTS ILLUSTRATED cover as a teenager, why his legendary picture of the triumphant Muhammad Ali still resonates, and the drive that propelled him to become one of the greatest sports photographers of all time.
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