Category: Political Studies
Has America Had Five Black Presidents?
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An investigation of five U. S. presidents who were alleged to have Black ancestry, in J. A. Rogers’ book “The Five Negro Presidents.” (Note: If true, Barack Obama would be the sixth bi-racial American president.) G...
Will Blacks Accept The Bush Presidency?
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Rev. Walter Fauntroy, President of the National Black Leadership Roundtable discusses the Al Gore loss and the George Bush win. (2403)
Is The IRS Out Of Control?
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is one of the most powerful agencies in the United States. It has brought down business moguls, political leaders and as everyone knows – Al Capone. Now, it seems to be after the sim...
The President and Black America
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Although hugely unpopular among African Americans, one Black person, after seeing the program, stated: “For the first time in my experience, this interview revealed President Ronald Reagan as a real person.” Tony Brow...
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 ...
From Right to Left: The Politics of Glenn Loury
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Glenn Loury, the first Black professor of economics at Harvard University and a leading Black conservative, discusses his battle with drugs, his ideological evolution from conservative to independent, and his new book...
The Black Leaders Summit of 1972 and the 1998 Follow Up: Part II
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An unprecedented gathering of the top Black leaders in 1972 appeared in a live 90-minute special. Among the guests: Charles Diggs, Dorothy Height, Vernon Jordan, Albert Cleage, Jr., Dick Gregory, and Elijah Muhammad (...
Events That Changed America
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African Americans have historically been on the fringes of society, but they have wrought major changes in this country. This program examines two phenomena that have shaped the course of American history. One was roo...
