Category: Cultural Studies
Threats to Black Youth
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Dr. John Palmer, executive director of Harlem Hospital Center, comments on why the death rate is 50 percent higher among Black infants in Harlem than other areas of New York City. John Daniel, Vice President of Girls...
Can One Black College Save Them All?
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The glue that holds the successful, professional class in the Black community together is a black college somewhere in their past. On those campuses, the descendants of slaves, often disadvantaged, have been liberate...
Mixing Civil Rights and Business Success
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Apparel entrepreneur Don Polk turned a college business into a $100-million-a-year conglomerate. He shares one of his secrets to success, mixing business savvy with civic responsibility.(2625)
Culture As A Weapon or Tool For Tolerance
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At one time, America's prevailing "minority" group was Blacks, but today the fastest growing ethnic group in the country is Latinos/Hispanics. However, the newest ethnic powerhouse in business and education is the As...
The Conference that Never Happened
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The rhetoric of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict engulfed the U.N. World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa into so much turmoil that it never got around to its main agenda. Among the guests is Elisa M...
Black Hollywood The Way It Was: The Middle Years – Pt. 3
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The Middle Years examines the history of independently produced Black movies and the establishment of a Black film era. "The Middle Years," picks up during the Depression years as independent filmmakers struggle for ...
The Black Leadership Struggle
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Is the Black community witnessing a changing of the guard among its top leadership? The New York Times magazine reported Rev. Al Sharpton as saying that Jesse Jackson’s star has fallen in the Black community, and he ...
The Black Male in Jeopardy
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He won the Best Columnist honor from Editor and Publisher magazine, the award in commentary for Outstanding Coverage of the Black Condition from the National Association of Black Journalists, the Columnist of the Year...
Culture or Technology
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Afrocentricity Conference: Culture or Technology – Part 2 -- Guests: Dr. Na'im Akbar, Dr. Molefi Asante, Dr. Asa Hilliard, Dr. Mualana Karenga, Dr. Linda James Myers and Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. (1905)
Idlewild: The Real Thing
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Dr. Ronald Stephens, author of Idlewild: Black Eden of Michigan and John O. Meeks, an Idlewild entrepreneur, explore Idlewild’s history as an intellectual and recreational haven for African-American families. (2919)
