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The Black Leaders Summit of 1972 and the 1998 Follow Up: Part II

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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 (...

The Black Code

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Entertainer and educator Bill Cosby created a firestorm of controversy when he publicly criticized poor Black Americans.  Black leaders came out on both sides of the issue.  On this program, Joe Madison, radio talk sh...

His-Story: Black History’s Little Known Facts

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A discussion of the history made by Blacks that is typically left out of American textbooks. Also an examination of historian J.A. Rogers' research on the link between racialism on racism and its impact on humanity’s ...

Blacks Running for President

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Are presidential candidates Al Sharpton and Carol Moseley Braun, a former U. S. Senator, the best choices from among the nation’s Black leadership?  Will Sharpton emerge as the most powerful Black in the Democratic Pa...

Ronald Reagan and Black America

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My guest on this show, Counselor to the President Edward Meese III, talks about the Administration’s plans for Black America.  (402)

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 ...

Why The Congress of the Black Caucus Opposes President Bush

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The 39-member Congressional Black Caucus calls itself the “Conscience of the Congress.”  Representative Elijah Cummings, who represents Maryland’s 7th district, serves as chair of the all-Democratic caucus.  When he w...