Category: Women’s Studies

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Black No More

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Journalist Debra Dickerson has written a controversial book, The End of Blackness, about changing social and political dynamics in the Black community.  Dickerson says that “blackness” has forced African Americans int...

Are Girls Different?

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Even in the new millennium, girls are still struggling with gender stereotypes.  Recent statistics indicate that girls are more likely to attempt suicide than boys.  Why?  Can empowering girls help them cope with the ...

One Woman’s Solution to HIV/AIDS

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Approximately 8,500 people die daily from AIDS and no medical or technological magic bullet is on the horizon.  Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott, co-director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of...

How Women Get AIDS?

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AIDS does not discriminate and gender brings nuances to the dreaded disease. (1014)

Doing It Her Way

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Sarah Harrison, a vice president of one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the world, and Rev. Barbara Reynolds, an author and award-winning journalist, discuss the triumphs and pitfalls of being successful, ...

The Secret Of A Lifetime

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June Cross is a tenured professor of journalism at Columbia University and author of Secret Daughter: A Mixed Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away.  She unfolds the painful but challenging story of having a ...

A Woman For All Seasons

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Actress-singer Sheryl Lee Ralph discusses her roles in the play "Dreamgirls" and TV's "Code Name: Foxfire"; and problems Blacks face in getting quality acting parts. (831)

Women, Gifted and Black

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Educator Dr. Diann Jordan, author of “Sisters in Science: Conversations with Black Women Scientists on Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science,” gives a historical and contemporary examination of Black women in th...

How Far Should A Woman Go?

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This is not a sexual innuendo, it is a real life concern. (733)

The Struggle Within The Struggle

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Explores new directions of Black women. (514)