The Ebonics Controversy
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The Oakland, California School Board’s resolution to incorporate Black English into its curriculum has driven an even deeper wedge between educators and the general public. Seeming to offend as many Black as Whites, h...
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...
The CyberSpace Club
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The Internet and the African-American community. Guests: Ronald McKenzie, Sheila Edwards, Aubrey Phillips and Dexter Taylor (1819)
Remembering His Legacy
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Frederick Douglass, renowned orator, statesmen and abolitionist is one of Black America’s most celebrated historical figures. His great-great-grandson, Frederick Douglass IV, talks about his ancestor’s legacy. (2705)
Two Forks In The Road: Imam Warith Muhammad
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(Born Wallace D. Muhammad) A pathway is offered to Muslims. (721)
Pearl: An Underground Railroad
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The 54-ton schooner named the Pearl sailed into the history books on April 15, 1848 when 77 enslaved Americans attempted an escape to freedom. Mary Kay Ricks, author of Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom ...
When The Sisters Came Marching Home
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The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only African-American WAC unit to serve overseas in WWII. This unit was responsible for redirecting the mail to the GI's on the battlefield, a Sisyphean feat, cons...
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
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The revival of basic education. A look at some schools that are making a new commitment to education and the basic "Rs" -- Reading, 'Riting, "Rithmetic and Respect.Guest: Dr. Richard Hunter, Richmond Public Schools Su...
HIP-HOP or Just DUMB?
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Thomas Williams is a journalist and graduate student at NYU discusses how African-American culture as a whole must effectively disentangled itself from the python-grip of hip-hop, and by extension of the street, and u...
