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Pesticides & Cancer

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What were the effects of the spraying of the pesticide malathion in New York City in August 1999?  This program examines the Environmental Protection Agency’s report on the use of this pesticide and the continuing deb...

Mixing Civil Rights and Business Success

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Apparel entrepreneur Don Polk turned a college business into a $100-million-a-year conglomerate.  He shares one of his secrets to success, mixing business savvy with civic responsibility.   (2625) 

What Do Americans Think About Race?

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Tony Brown and David Alpern discuss the perception of race and racism in America.  (1809)

The Black Elite

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Dr. Lois Benjamin, author of the new book The Black Elite: Still Facing the Color Line in the 21st Century, masterfully presents a myriad of changes underlying the value shift of the post-Civil Rights generations, suc...

Y2K Alarmist

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A 30% fall in the Dow Jones industrial average in 1999 and crashing computers will cause a worldwide recession, even a possible depression. Who would predict such doomsday events?  Only a Y2K alarmist who also happens...

Where Do We Grow From Roots?

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 An examination of race relation in post-Roots America, the deeper meanings of the book and TV series to the American public.Guests: Dr. John Howard, Researcher, State University of New York; Dr. Louis Bolce, professo...

A Multi-Ethnic State In Evolution

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U. S. Representative Diane Watson serves the diverse 32nd Congressional District of California, where multiculturalism is a way of life.  Does it work?  Has California learned how various groups can live together with...

The Brown Decision: A Family Legacy

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She is the daughter of Rev. Oliver Brown, who along with 12 other families, filed suit against a local board of education in Kansas.  Their case made its way to the U. S. Supreme Court and on May 17, 1954 became the l...

Man and Woman

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Nena O’Neill, author of “The Marriage Premise,” examines relationships between Black men and women in society. Guest: Ruby Dee.   102

Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas: The Other Side

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Guests: David Brock and Aisa McCullough   (1804)