The President and Black America
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Although hugely unpopular among African Americans, one Black person, after seeing the program, stated: “For the first time in my experience, this interview revealed President Ronald Reagan as a real person.” Tony Brow...
Arthur Ashe’s Whistleblower
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A journalist talks about Ashe’s youth and tennis. (2804)
Black Hollywood: The Way It Was
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This four-part version of the 90-minute documentary is about the secret history of race movies. Between 1910 and 1950, over 150 independent film companies were organized for the specific purpose of producing Black-cas...
Does the Davis-Bacon Act Cause Black Unemployment?
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The Davis-Bacon Act is a federal law that costs taxpayers $1 billion annually in inflated construction costs and more than $100 million in administrative costs. This law, says the Institute For Justice, was created wi...
The Only Color of Freedom Is Green
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Throughout Black America's history, self-help's focus on economic development has peeked and declined. Presently, it is on life support as a result of a strong focus on electoral politics. But it was not alway...
10 Years After the Rodney King Riots
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Business leader Bernard Kinsey, the former co-chair of Rebuild LA, discusses the impact of the Rodney King riots, where Los Angeles was then, where it is today, and why he believes that it is poised for a period of em...
The One Drop Rule
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Scott Malcomson, a member of The New York Times editorial board and author of One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race, explains the meaning behind what he calls “the essence of whiteness – the origins of ...
The Black West
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“Little Black cowboys need their heroes too,” sings Black country-western singer Jae R. Mason, as part of a movement to recapture the Black presence in the Old West. This edition highlights the rich history of Black c...
2003 Supreme Court Decision and Affirmative Action
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What did Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor really mean in her majority opinion on affirmative action in the University of Michigan ruling? Does it signal the end of affirmative action? Michael Higginbotham, a ...
