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Blacks and the GOP

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The New York Times, in a 6-column headline, concluded that the Republican Party’s efforts to attract more Black votes had come up short. What is it that prevents the Republican Party from attracting a large Black bloc...

Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas: The Other Side

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Guests: David Brock and Aisa McCullough   (1804)

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’ ...

Is IQ a Prescription for Racism?

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Will the question of whether or not there are inherent differences in IQ between the races ever be answered?  Alexander Allan’s book, “Race in Mind,” gives a new and comprehensive overview of the correlation of race t...

Benjamin Banneker: Truth To Power

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Imagine being Black in the 1700s and becoming a self-taught surveyor who played a pivotal role in planning the layout of our nation’s capital. In 1753, at the age of 22, Banneker constructed a striking wooden clo...

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...

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)

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...

Jimmy Carter: One Year Later

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Did the Black vote for Jimmy Carter Pay Off? An evaluation of his first year in office.Guests: Ossie Davis, writer, actor, social observer;  and Ben Brown, Chairman, Democratic National Committee.   (103)