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The Winning Spirit

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Arthur Ashe, Wilma Rudolph, Jackie Robinson and Marcus Haines are all legends in the sports world. These renowned athletes are among the personalities profiled on this edition for their “winning spirit.” (2205)

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 ...

Should Americans Boycott the Japanese?

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Facing a recession, high unemployment and a multi-billion dollar trade deficit with Japan, American consumers and corporations have rallied around the "Buy American" campaign.   Dr. William Gibson, Chairman of the NAA...

Lionel Hampton: Living History

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Lionel Hampton was born on April 20, 1908, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was an American jazz musician and bandleader known for the rhythmic vitality of his playing and his showmanship as a performer. Best known for ...

The Clarence Thomas Affair

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A year after Anita Hill's congressional committee testimony in which she accused then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of unethical sexual behavior, differences of opinion concerning the televised hearings contin...

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...

Blacks and the GOP

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The New York Times, in a 6-column headline, concluded that the Republican Party’s efforts to attract more Black votes had come up short. What is it that prevents the Republican Party from attracting a large Black bloc...

Censuring America’s Top Black Leader

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Controversy erupted on the pages of the New York Village Voice when it published a letter from civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, pastor of Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem.  In an exclusive int...

75 Good Men & Women

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Knoxville College, a historical Black college in Knoxville, Tennessee, survived an almost fatal blow with the help of two talented and dedicated Black women who decided that they were not going to let it fail.  Knoxvi...

Was The AIDS Virus Invented?

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Dr. Peter Duesberg (1914)