Did History Miss Emmett Till?
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Author Clenora Hudson-Weems examines the gruesome 1955 lynching of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. She also challenges the widespread belief that Rosa Parks’ refusal to surrender her seat on a segregated bus preci...
African Versus European Culture
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Afrocentric historians have challenged the Eurocentric world-view of African history and culture. In his newest work, Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, author of The Afrocentric Idea, boldly confronts critics of Afrocentric th...
Can You Dig It? Black History Quiz (30 min) – Show 5
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Drawing its questions from the wealth of information on the history and cultural heritage of Black Americans. “Can You Dig It?” was the first (and only ?) African-American quiz show on national television. (4013)
Idlewild: The Real Thing
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Dr. Ronald Stephens, author of Idlewild: Black Eden of Michigan and John O. Meeks, an Idlewild entrepreneur, explore Idlewild’s history as an intellectual and recreational haven for African-American families. (2919)
Closing The Education Gap
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Dr. Ronald Ferguson, Achievement Gap Initiative, Harvard University 2805
Can The Republican Party Change Its Agenda and Include Blacks?
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On the heels of Republican Sen. Trent Lott’s callous statements lauding the segregationist tradition of the Old South, the question is now: Can Republicans live up to their new promises of racial equality and can the ...
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 ...
How Do You Govern Yourself?
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Historically, there has been a link between Blacks in the Caribbean and the leadership of Black America that has its roots in the Caribbean. Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, chairman of the Organisation of Eas...
The Longest Struggle: The History of the NAACP
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was born “in a little room” in a New York apartment in 1909. It was conceived, however, in the adversity of racism, in the “deplorable conditions”...
