The Black Leaders Summit of 1972 and the 1998 Follow Up: Part I
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An unprecedented gathering of the top Black leaders in 1972 appeared in a live 90-minute special, among the guests: Charles Diggs, Dorothy Height, Vernon Jordan, Albert Cleage, Jr., Dick Gregory, and Elijah Muhammad (...
Doing It Her Way
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Sarah Harrison, a vice president of one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the world, and Rev. Barbara Reynolds, an author and award-winning journalist, discuss the triumphs and pitfalls of being successful, ...
Black Americans and Black Immigrants
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Guests: Dr. David Chand, Dr. Ku-ntima Makidi and Dr. Letha See (1229)
Gone But Not Forgotten
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They are no longer with us, but their work and accomplishments are still impacting on the lives of the people that they touched. They are the heroes who turn into legends and forever etch their wonders in the annuals...
Benjamin Banneker: Truth To Power
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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...
Does Culture Trump Race?
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According to scientific studies, all humans are 99.9 percent genetically identical. However, the Atlantic slave trade was based on skin color, which scientists say is determined by only six of 40,000 genes or just on...
Blacks and Latinos
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Latinos are now the largest ethnic group in America. No longer holding the number one position are African Americans. Are these two groups on a collision course? Dr. Nicolas Vaca, the author of “The Presumed Allian...
HIP-HOP or Just DUMB?
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Thomas Williams is a journalist and graduate student at NYU discusses how African-American culture as a whole must effectively disentangled itself from the python-grip of hip-hop, and by extension of the street, and u...
