When the Eagle Flies – The Impact of the Black Soldier
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An examination of the impact of the black soldier in the nation's armed forces, his role as a leader in race relations and a pictorial history of the Black 92nd Division during WWII. (203)
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)
Pearl: An Underground Railroad
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The 54-ton schooner named the Pearl sailed into the history books on April 15, 1848 when 77 enslaved Americans attempted an escape to freedom. Mary Kay Ricks, author of Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom ...
Has America Had Five Black Presidents?
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An investigation of five U. S. presidents who were alleged to have Black ancestry, in J. A. Rogers’ book “The Five Negro Presidents.” (Note: If true, Barack Obama would be the sixth bi-racial American president.) G...
Who Killed Malcolm X?
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As part of this iconic collection, we are rebroadcasting a program from 1993 that dug deep into our series' archives to retrace 25-years of investigative reporting on Malcolm X. Through interviews, rare footage of the...
The Black KKK First Lady
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In a mixture of fact and fiction, writer Charlene Porter, author of “Boldfaced Lies,” examines the social concept of race, the KKK and the cultural phenomenon called “passing.” (3005)
