Category: Political Studies
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 ...
From Right to Left: The Politics of Glenn Loury
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Glenn Loury, the first Black professor of economics at Harvard University and a leading Black conservative, discusses his battle with drugs, his ideological evolution from conservative to independent, and his new book...
Will Blacks Accept The Bush Presidency?
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Rev. Walter Fauntroy, President of the National Black Leadership Roundtable discusses the Al Gore loss and the George Bush win. (2403)
Black America, The Republicans are Coming
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President Bush’s victory in 2004 increased his percentage of Black voters by two percent, and pushed the Democrats in Congress even deeper in the minority. How are Black Democrats responding to Bush’s campaign to att...
Has America Had Five Black Presidents?
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An investigation of five U. S. presidents who were alleged to have Black ancestry, in J. A. Rogers’ book “The Five Negro Presidents.” (Note: If true, Barack Obama would be the sixth bi-racial American president.) G...
The Destruction of Black Civilization
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Dr. Chancellor Williams explains his focus on the psychology of Black Americans and its link to Africa’s decline.
Race Preference or Race Help?
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Whether justly deserved or not, Ward Connerly has been heavily criticized in the Black community and in some instances branded an Uncle Tom. His views on affirmative action draw the greatest ire from his detractors wh...
Jimmy Carter: One Year Later
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Did the Black vote for Jimmy Carter Pay Off? An evaluation of his first year in office.Guests: Ossie Davis, writer, actor, social observer; and Ben Brown, Chairman, Democratic National Committee. (103)
Is America Ready For A Black President?
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Early 1995 speculation on what subsequently happened in 2008. (1827)
Can the Democrats Win in 1992?
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Peter Brown, political correspondent and author of Minority Party: Why Democrats Face Defeat in 1992 and Beyond (Regnery Gateway) explains why White voters have increasingly supported the Republicans instead of the D...
