Category: Political Studies
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...
Blacks Divided
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Dr. Carol Swain, a professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University and author of Debating Immigration, will explore the nuances of contemporary immigration and citizenship affecting the U. S. (3017)
Politics: New Black Power? — Part 1
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1984 program examines politics and Black America Guests: Rev. Joseph Lowery and Joseph Madison (624)
One-on-One with Andrew Hacker
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Prof. Andrew Hacker, the author of the controversial book Two Nations: Black And White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, is distressed by White America and its "unearned privileges." In this provocative and candid intervi...
Race Wars
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Thomas Chittum, a former soldier of fortune, Vietnam veteran and author of “Civil War II: The Coming Breakup of America.” According to Chittum, America’s non-WASP populations are responsible for turning America into a...
Is Race No Longer Important?
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Educator Annie S. Barnes, author of Everyday Racism: A Book for All Americans, charges that racism is still a pernicious and destructive part of everyday life in Black America. Through personal accounts of daily for...
Walter White
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During the tenure of Walter White as the second Black executive secretary of the NAACP, Blacks were routinely lynched by White mobs in the 1930s. White used his Nordic appearance to investigate hate crimes against Af...
His Own Man
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As Pastor of the legendary Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, Rev. Calvin O. Butts, III has been in the vanguard of community activism. His battles against moral corruption are well-documented in the press and a re...
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 (...
