The Museum That Saved Chicago’s History
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Who was the pioneer settler of Chicago? The answer is Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, an African American from Sainte-Domingue, Haiti. Margaret Burroughs, a founder of the DuSable Museum of African-American History in...
Can You Dig It? Black History Quiz (30 min) – Show 2
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Drawing its questions from the wealth of information on the history and cultural heritage of Black Americans. “Can You Dig It?” was the first (and only ?) African-American quiz show on national television. (4010)
The Secretary of Education’s Plan for Better Schools
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A recent study found that only six percent of Black eight graders could pass the math section of the SAT test. On this program, Secretary Rod Paige, the first Black secretary of education and the first to hold that o...
The Teacher Factor
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In the era of accountability, teacher quality is arguably one of the most significant issues impacting education. Dr. Boyce Williams, Vice President for Institutional Relations for the National Council for Accreditati...
Shackled Immigrants
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An exploratory examination of how slavery and racism impacted the social and economic progress of African-Americans as compared to other immigrant groups. (2203)
Were Angolans The First African Americans?
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Recently discovered artifacts suggest that the true origin of the first Aframericans is Angola. They settled in Jamestown, VA in 1619. (Curator Tom Davidson and Liz Montgomery) Guest: Tom Davidson, senior curator o...
The Sins of Our Fathers
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A discussion of the fear of reverse discrimination and the threat of the loss of affirmative action as related to cultural and racial relations, is examined. Guests: Art Fleming, Chairman, US Commission on Civil Right...
Will the India Model Work for America’s Have-Nots?
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There are organizations and academic institutions that are trying to close the Digital Divide between the have and the have-nots. Dr. Dolores Cross, president of Morris Brown College, and Michele Lezama, executive di...
