Category: Political Studies
A Nation Divided
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This edition examines the causes and effects of the Rodney King verdict, the ensuing riots and America's underlying racial tensions. This round-table discussion also focuses on race relations between Blacks, Whites an...
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...
Politics: New Black Power? — Part 1
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1984 program examines politics and Black America Guests: Rev. Joseph Lowery and Joseph Madison (624)
IOWA: Winners and Losers (1980)
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Segment analyzes the results of the Iowa caucuses and the 1980 presidential campaign. In addition, home viewers of the QUBE two-way TV system of Warner Amex Cable in Columbus, Ohio, subscribers are asked to vote their...
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
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...
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...
The GOP From an Insider Black
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The Trent Lott affair has set off a firestorm of political introspection and soul searching in both major political parties. Robert A. George, a columnist for The New York Post and a Republican, defended the presence...
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...
