Category: Social Sciences

Sort: Date | Title | Views | Random
View:

Black Dialect

2.86K Views

An examination of the Black dialect and the effort to bridge the language gap between Black vernacular and Standard American English. Guests: Dr. Grace Hope, Dr. Roger Shuy, Attorney Kenneth Lewis. (311) 

Goodbye, Sgt. Ross?

3.79K Views

This segment discusses the lack of power of so-called Black TV stars. Guest: Hal Williams   (524)

What Did Farrakhan Say And When Did He Say It?

4.58K Views

The media recently reported that Minister Louis Farrakhan admitted in a nationally televised interview that he might have been “complicit” through his words in the death of Malcolm X.  Was that the first time Min. Far...

Mixing Civil Rights and Business Success

3.10K Views

Apparel entrepreneur Don Polk turned a college business into a $100-million-a-year conglomerate.  He shares one of his secrets to success, mixing business savvy with civic responsibility.   (2625) 

Black Children: Can We Do More?

2.71K Views

A special report on the Atlanta killings and a discussion of what can be done. Guests: LeBaron Taylor, Camella Bell, Evelyn Moore and Rock Newman.  (415)

Benjamin Banneker: Truth To Power

4.12K Views

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...

Y2K Alarmist

3.04K Views

A 30% fall in the Dow Jones industrial average in 1999 and crashing computers will cause a worldwide recession, even a possible depression. Who would predict such doomsday events?  Only a Y2K alarmist who also happens...

One-On-One with Lester Thurow — Pt. 2

2.33K Views

In Part II of this two-part series on "Making America Work For   U. S.," Dr. Thurow charts his step by step process to eliminate the nation's multi-billion dollar deficit.  One of the highlights of his proposal calls ...