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Politics and Policy: War and Race

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How will the politics and policies of American life change following the devastating events of September 11th?  Will this new alignment create political and cultural unity?  What is the response of the Muslim American...

Censuring America’s Top Black Leader

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Controversy erupted on the pages of the New York Village Voice when it published a letter from civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, pastor of Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem.  In an exclusive int...

2003 Supreme Court Decision and Affirmative Action

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What did Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor really mean in her majority opinion on affirmative action in the University of Michigan ruling? Does it signal the end of affirmative action? Michael Higginbotham, a ...

The Y2K Problem

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In year 2000 the Assistant Secretary of Defense stated that  “we are going to be in the biggest operational test the world has ever seen.” It has become known as the Y2K problem.   2103

Do Boycotts Work?

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This program was taped in West Palm Beach, Florida at the annual convention of the National Bar Association in 1993 because the organization moved the meeting from Miami to Boca Raton because of a Black-led boycott of...

Is Race a Disadvantage?

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Visions and Images of the Struggles of Old

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Issues, events and personalities that shaped the African-American community and the nation. 1401

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)

One-on-One with Andrew Hacker

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Prof. Andrew Hacker, the author of the controversial book Two Nations: Black And White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, is distressed by White America and its "unearned privileges."  In this provocative and candid intervi...

Another Look At Mississippi

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Segment probes textbook controversy in the Magnolia State. (417)