Category: Political Studies
Blacks Running for President
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Are presidential candidates Al Sharpton and Carol Moseley Braun, a former U. S. Senator, the best choices from among the nation’s Black leadership? Will Sharpton emerge as the most powerful Black in the Democratic Pa...
10 Years After the Rodney King Riots
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Business leader Bernard Kinsey, the former co-chair of Rebuild LA, discusses the impact of the Rodney King riots, where Los Angeles was then, where it is today, and why he believes that it is poised for a period of em...
Why The Congress of the Black Caucus Opposes President Bush
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The 39-member Congressional Black Caucus calls itself the “Conscience of the Congress.” Representative Elijah Cummings, who represents Maryland’s 7th district, serves as chair of the all-Democratic caucus. When he w...
Is The Black Vote For Sale?
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Rev. Buster Soaries, Pastor of the the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in NJ and John Fund, editorial page writer with The Wall Street Journal discuss allegations of buying Black votes. 1634
Blacks Divided
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Dr. Carol Swain, a professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University and author of Debating Immigration, will explore the nuances of contemporary immigration and citizenship affecting the U. S. (3017)
Thomas Jefferson’s Black and White DNA
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In January 2000, scientists and historians at Monticello announced the results of an independent study and concluded that Thomas Jefferson probably fathered at least one and, perhaps, more of his slave Sally Hemings’ ...
Can The Republican Party Change Its Agenda and Include Blacks?
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On the heels of Republican Sen. Trent Lott’s callous statements lauding the segregationist tradition of the Old South, the question is now: Can Republicans live up to their new promises of racial equality and can the ...
Inside the Klan
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A quintessential picture of bigotry. Tony Brown interviews Stetson Kennedy who successfully infiltrated and exposed the Ku Klux Klan in his books on this terrorist movement in the United States. (1313)
Tulsa Race Riots
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The infamous, early 20th-century race riots in Tulsa, Oklahoma that served as a cover to destroy the prosperous “Black Wall Street" that Blacks had built. (2303)
