Category: Women’s Studies
The Shrine of the Black Madonna
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Poetess Sonia Sanchez helps Rev. Albert Cleage, Jr. celebrate African heritage at the Shrine of the Black Madonna in Detroit, c. 1970. (4026)
The Museum That Saved Chicago’s History
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Who was the pioneer settler of Chicago? The answer is Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, an African American from Sainte-Domingue, Haiti. Margaret Burroughs, a founder of the DuSable Museum of African-American History in...
Women, Gifted and Black
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Educator Dr. Diann Jordan, author of “Sisters in Science: Conversations with Black Women Scientists on Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science,” gives a historical and contemporary examination of Black women in th...
Are Girls Different?
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Even in the new millennium, girls are still struggling with gender stereotypes. Recent statistics indicate that girls are more likely to attempt suicide than boys. Why? Can empowering girls help them cope with the ...
Black No More
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Journalist Debra Dickerson has written a controversial book, The End of Blackness, about changing social and political dynamics in the Black community. Dickerson says that “blackness” has forced African Americans int...
Blacks Divided
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Dr. Carol Swain, a professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University and author of Debating Immigration, will explore the nuances of contemporary immigration and citizenship affecting the U. S. (3017)
One Woman’s Solution to HIV/AIDS
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Approximately 8,500 people die daily from AIDS and no medical or technological magic bullet is on the horizon. Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott, co-director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of...
Gender Discrimination
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Is gender discrimination still prevalent in the military? Guests: TSgt. Linda Allbee and Capt. Gloria Harrision (1805)
