Category: Political Studies
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...
Perils of the Presidency
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While opinion polls have long served as acceptable barometers for predicting the outcome of political elections, this program takes an unorthodox approach and asks an astrologer to fill in the blanks. Bob Marks, who ...
Race: The Hidden Political Agenda
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Black journalists are charging that the mainstream press is overlooking Black concerns in the presidential campaign while at the same time paying full attention to the Democratic platform of non-stop appeal to mostly ...
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...
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 No Longer Important?
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Educator Annie S. Barnes, author of Everyday Racism: A Book for All Americans, charges that racism is still a pernicious and destructive part of everyday life in Black America. Through personal accounts of daily for...
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 (...
Should Blacks Separate from the U.S.?
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A 1980s discussion on a referendum for Blacks to separate from the United States. Guest: Herman Gilbert, author of "The Negotiations." (634)
Finishing The Century
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This program examines the turbulent 1960s as the nation moves into the 21st Century. The events of that era are chronicled through archival footage and rare interviews with the leaders of that period. 2226
