Black Farmers: A Dying Crop
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A landmark $3-billion court settlement was reached between Black farmers and the U. S. Department of Agriculture to compensate Black growers for decades of unequal treatment. Dr. John Boyd, president of the National ...
Ben and Bert (Ben Vereen)
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Ben Vereen was really hurt by the reaction of some Aframericans to his 1980 Presidential Inaugural blackface performance. He explains, “It’s important that we never forget where we came from because that only makes us...
Is Race Medicine Good Medicine?
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A racially-targeted drug that reduces death from heart disease among African-Americans has stirred a controversy that questions the effectiveness of the drug. However, this race-based medicine has arrived in a society...
The Brown & Desouza Face-Off
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Tony Brown and Dinesh D'Souza, author of The end of racism, debate the issues of failure of leadership vs. cultural failure. Guest: Dinesh D'Souza, author of The end of racism. (1828)
Visions and Images of the Struggles of Old
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Issues, events and personalities that shaped the African-American community and the nation. 1401
Taking Blame for the Shame
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Is the poor self-image of many Blacks self-inflicted or is it the result of some insidious outside force? Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Leonard Pitts, Jr., who is a syndicated columnist for the Miami Herald and autho...
Can You Dig It? Black History Quiz (30 min) – Show 3
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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. (4011)
Baggy Pants
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Are sagging pants more than just a fad and do they symbolize a generation of losers? Dr. James Ewers, associate dean of Student Affairs at Miami University, talks about this fashion statement and its impact on student...
Women and CyberSpace
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Women and the Internet. Guests: Daria Skeete, Annette Jones and Sandra Oei (1823)
The Evolution of Sammy Davis, Jr.
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It's 1983 and Sammy Davis reflects on his television interview with me in 1971. Sammy Davis says, "I’ve survived where other cats would have been down the tubes. A lot of people don’t like themselves. I’ve stopped t...
